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Healthy Foods for Staying Young

healthy foodsHealthy foods for staying young? Of course, you've heard it before, probably when mom insisted you eat more apples and less fries even when you thought you were too young to worry about the effects of aging.



Indeed, mom was right. You'll never know when you'll start to age until you notice some crumpling and folding on your skin. Premature aging might just be a sleep away. But its never too late. You can delay aging now by changing some items on your plate, and learning about healthy foods for staying young.

You Are What You Eat

The foods that you choose to eat or don't eat are laying the groundwork for your health and your appearance as well. For example, a woman who regularly eats refined sugars may suffer more diseases and may not look age-appropriate. A woman deficient in unsaturated fats, on the other hand, may have dry, flaky skin, and eventually look older than she actually is.
    
According to Samantha Heller, MS, RD, a clinical nutritionist at NYU Medical Center in New York City, what you eat becomes the outer fabric of your body. And the healthier the food that you put in your mouth, the better you will look. So, what should your next meal include? 

High- fiber foods

 
Whole grains, cereals, black beans, apples, and pears are just some of the foods that are rich in fiber. Fiber found in these foods moves quickly and relatively easily through your digestive tract keeping bowel movements regular. Thereby preventing constipation, -one of the problems that aging people commonly encounter.  Fish, walnut, and flax seed oil are among the best sources of Essential Fatty Acids (EFA). EFA, especially the omega-3 fatty acids, regulate the fluidity or softness of the cell membranes, thus making your cell membranes healthy and hold more moisture. So that means younger looking skin.
 

Fruits and vegetables

Antioxidants from fruits and vegetables fight off free radicals, the byproducts of the body's everyday processes that damage DNA, cells, and tissues. The antioxidants and other phytochemicals lessens the chances of damage to the body's cells. And because you are guarding your cells from premature damage, you are also protecting yourself from premature aging. 

Whole-grain cereals, organ meats, chicken, egg yolk, and garlic

 
Selenium, found in these foods, plays a key role in making the skin healthy. It is a sulfur-like mineral that lessens the oxidative damage of skin cells. It also helps in regulating the thyroid hormone and helps prevent hypertension, cancer, and stroke. Selenium is often added to antioxidant vitamins. 

Easy Move

 
If you think looking younger is difficult to achieve there's not much to worry about. The easiest move you can make is to include more fruits, vegetables, fish, and whole grains to your daily menu. Limit yourself from eating foods stuffed with too much cholesterol, sodium, and calories. What you get is a healthier body and a younger-looking you.
 
Well, if you think its too early to look old, better think twice. It just doesn't feel good to look older than you really are.
 
And if you think you're too old to look young, guess again. You can stop aging right at your plate.

 

 

 

 


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