Natural Anti-Aging Foods To Look Younger

You can’t ignore the signs of aging: dry skin, age spots, aching joints, crow’s feet, failing vision, and sagging energy levels. Besides taking anti-aging supplements, we can delay the onset of aging by lovingly embellishing our diet with natural anti-aging foods. Imagine how good it feels to look younger than your real age!

1) Avocados

Avocado is nature’s gift of a perfect moisturizer for dry, aging and sensitive skin. A powerhouse of Vitamin E, essential fatty acids, and antioxidants, lutein (for eye health) and glutathione (a natural detoxer). Avocados also contain chloresterol-lowering oleic acid and heart protectors, potassium and folate. In Central America and South America, avocados are even valued as an aphrodisiac! A super natural anti-aging food indeed.

2) Almonds

Eating a handful of almonds every day are good for healthy heart, skin, hair and nails. A good source of Vitamin E and magnesium, almonds keep aging hearts and chloresterol levels in optimal condition.

3) Sunflower Seeds

One ounce of sunflower seeds contains 75% of the RDA requirement for Vitamin E, an essential vitamin for youthful looking skin. Rich in selenium, copper, fiber, folate and Vitamin B6, sunflower seeds one of nature’s best natural anti-aging foods.

4) Blueberries

According to a Tufts University’s study, antioxidant anthocyanins found in blueberries can prevent oxidative damage, a process that ages you. A cup of this natural anti-aging food a day is good enough to not only prevent, but reverse physical and mental aging! Blueberries are one of nature's most powerful anti-aging supplements.

5) Watermelon

The zinc in watermelon cleanses toxins from the body, particulary, from the bladder and kidney. Because 90% of watermelon is water, it quenches thirst, fills you up, and makes you eat less! This natural anti-aging food contains Vitamins A, B, C and E, and minerals zinc, selenium, and essential fats. They are your body’s SWAT team against free radicals.

6) Spinach

The iron and folate-rich spinach is not only Popeye’s favorite, but one of the best natural anti-aging foods. The dark green vegetable helps boost the body’s immunity, enhances vision, improves memory, beautifies the skin, slows aging, protects the heart, and improves blood circulation. Eat spinach every day to delay aging, and look younger than your real age.

7) Tea

It was only in recent years that coffee takes over tea as a lifestyle beverage of choice. Nutrients wise, tea beats coffee hands down. The natural anti-aging and weight loss benefits of drinking tea are well-known. Green tea, pu-erh, and wu-long tea are popular among health-aware individuals. Tea contains polyphenols and the most potent is catechins which have anti-cancer and anti-aging properties.

See my selection of Pu-er and anti-aging teas at SimpleGoodHealth!

8) Wolfberries

Wolfberries, also known as Goji berries, is a super natural anti-aging food. It has a whopping 25,300 ORAC score, making it one of the highest antioxidant foods. Drinking wolfberry tea for better eyesight is also a common practice among Chinese communities around the world.

Natural foods are nature's best anti-aging supplements. If possible, buy organic for optimum nutrition.

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There is a fascinating story about Li Qing Yuen, a legendary figure in Chinese culture who popularized the use of ginseng. He apparently lived 252 years (1678-1930), consuming Goji Berries daily!

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