Healthy aging is a constant concern for many women and men today.
Healthy aging foods
Looking to keep young, people resort to various kinds of aesthetic treatment to delay aging. In search of eternal youth, we have been subjected to much less invasive treatments, body scrub for example, as more invasive procedures, plastic surgery.
However there are more healthy and natural ways to achieve longevity and staying young for much longer as through proper nutrition. It is proven that some foods contain substances that increase our longevity. They are well known for keeping our health in a good level, if eaten in moderation because all surplus causes further problems.
According to studies premature aging can be prevented and even reversed. Eating correctly, keeping active and deal with anxiety in the right way can help you reduce the biological or body age; look younger, feel better, reduce your susceptibility to disease, improve vision and sharpen hearing; also sharpen your alert senses and your ability to solve problems and ultimately increase sexual potency and fertility.
Foods such as wheat germ, asparagus, spinach, mushroom, fish (salmon, sardines and anchovies), oats, onion and chicken livers are great for stimulating the renewal of body cells. The arugula, broccoli and spinach, foods rich in folic acid, also contribute to the maintenance of DNA integrity. Fruits, vegetables, legumes and whole grains, provides very important nutrients to our body such as minerals, vitamins (beta-carotene, vitamins C, E, B complex, folic acid, selenium, zinc, manganese, copper, etc.) and phytochemicals (phenolics, lycopene, lutein, zeaxanthin, etc.) that work fighting the free radicals responsible for premature aging. On the other hand, excessive consumption of foods high in fat, simple carbohydrates (refined products like sugar)and alcohol consumption largely related to increased production of substances harmful to the body.
The best existing diet synonymous of longevity is the Mediterranea. The climate and geographical position of countries like Greece, Spain, Italy, Morocco, Tunisia and France,contribute to producing fruits and vegetables of excellent quality, as they mature without humidity and reserve color and intense aromas. The routine in food is also famous for its high consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes (chick-peas, lentils), oil seeds (almonds, cashews, walnuts), fish, olive oil and wine. This combination of foods causes the inhabitants of the Mediterranean to be less vulnerable to disease and, consequently, to live longer. Good for this purpose also is pranayama.
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