How to Reverse the Signs of Aging through Healthy Eating: A brief guide to anti-aging foods

Written by Reno Charlton


Growing old is an inevitable part of life. We all get older year by year,repparttar hair begins to go grey,repparttar 114446 wrinkles and line start to appear, and before we know itrepparttar 114447 transition has occurred. We look inrepparttar 114448 mirror one day and we have become old. However, it doesn’t happen like this for everyone. Some people have learned how to keeprepparttar 114449 signs of aging at bay, so although they may be getting older in terms of years this isn’t reflected inrepparttar 114450 skin. In fact, some people can reach their fifties and sixties and still look amazing – and without having to resort to surgery and chemical procedures.

One ofrepparttar 114451 factors that can contribute to younger looking skin is our diet. What we eat can affect both our physical and mental well being, and by eatingrepparttar 114452 right foods you can improverepparttar 114453 health of everything from your joints and bones to your skin and hair. We’ve all heardrepparttar 114454 saying, “You are what you eat.” Well, if you eat loads of unhealthy foods such as refined sugars and rich foods, you are going to end up looking and feeling unhealthy both inside and out. If you are eating healthy, nutritious, vitamin-rich foods, then you are more likely to enjoy healthy looking skin and body.

Dr. Atkins’ Theory

Dr. Robert Atkins has become world famous for his once-radical diet based on minimal carbohydrate consumption. However, this wasn’t Dr. Atkin’s only diet-based theory. He also wrote about what he claimed was an effective anti aging diet, which could reverserepparttar 114455 signs of aging. Atkins stated that a lifetime of eating rich, refined, processed foods is what often led torepparttar 114456 signs of aging, and that by assessing and changing our eating habits we could start to turn backrepparttar 114457 clock.

Atkins believes that in order to beatrepparttar 114458 signs of aging we need to eat more protein and fewer refined carbohydrates. He recommends eating plenty of nuts and sunflower seeds, which are rich in protein and inrepparttar 114459 recommended vitamins C and E. These vitamins contain anti aging properties that will help keep your skin healthy and retain more elasticity and resilience, which resultantly cuts down on wrinkles and lines. Dr Atkins believes that a healthy diet that is rich inrepparttar 114460 right nutrients and vitamins can help to reverserepparttar 114461 signs of aging inrepparttar 114462 skin as well as inrepparttar 114463 brain and other parts ofrepparttar 114464 body.

Recommended foods

There are a number of foods, vitamins, minerals, and supplements that are known to slow or delayrepparttar 114465 signs of aging both in terms ofrepparttar 114466 skin andrepparttar 114467 brain. Some ofrepparttar 114468 most well-known anti aging foods that are recommended include:

Olive Oil: This contains antioxidants that can help to slow down cell damage and deterioration, therefore keepingrepparttar 114469 skin looking fresher and younger. This can also help with joints and internal organs as well as skin.

Seaweed: This contains a valuable source of Iodine, which helps to produce a hormone called thyroxin. This hormone stimulatesrepparttar 114470 nervous system, which helps to slow down damage and oxidization ofrepparttar 114471 cells.

Various fruits and vegetables: These can be rich in antioxidants, which play a large part in delayingrepparttar 114472 signs of aging. You can enjoy fruits and veggies such as: prunes, raisins, blueberries, strawberries, cherries, blackberries, raspberries, broccoli, spinach, beets, peppers, sprouts and more.

Vitamins C & E: These are essential vitamins that can help delayrepparttar 114473 signs of aging inrepparttar 114474 skin and other parts ofrepparttar 114475 body. These vitamins can help to produce natural collagen, which helpsrepparttar 114476 skin to retain elasticity, thus reducingrepparttar 114477 signs of wrinkles. You can find these vitamins in a range of foods, but can also buy them in supplement form.

Water: This is one ofrepparttar 114478 most important considerations when it comes to your diet, as it is water than keeps us hydrated and alive. Drinking plenty of fresh water every day and minimizing on alcohol, caffeine, and sugary drinks can help to replenish your skin and keep you feeling and looking hydrated both inside and out.

Foods that cause healthy and unhealthy cell regeneration

Home Remedies for Younger Skin: Look younger with these natural remedies and tips

Written by Reno Charlton


When we are younger, we all believe that we will have young, supple skin forever. That’s why it comes as something of a shock when we look inrepparttar mirror one day and seerepparttar 114445 appearance ofrepparttar 114446 first fine line or wrinkle, which then seems to rapidly spread acrossrepparttar 114447 face. There are many things that can contributerepparttar 114448 appearance of wrinkles, lines, blotches and other blemishes. Firstly, of course, it is a natural process for aging skin because as we grow older our skin elasticity gets weaker so it is harder forrepparttar 114449 skin to spring back into place. Other factors can include:

• Smoking • Unprotected sun exposure (UV rays) • Stress • Poor facial/skin care

No matter how old we are, we all want to enjoyrepparttar 114450 benefits of healthy skin – that’s whyrepparttar 114451 anti aging skincare industry has become a multi-billion dollar one. The good news is that you can use natural skin care combined with a change in lifestyle to improverepparttar 114452 texture, tone, and feel of your skin, and to reduce lines and wrinkles that can make your skin look aged.

Home remedies and a healthy lifestyle can help you feel and look younger

We’ve all heard of ‘old wives tales’ and many people treat them with severe skepticism. But, asrepparttar 114453 saying goes, there is no smoke without fire, and many ofrepparttar 114454 home remedies that are regarded as old wives tales really do have substance to them. You can look young without having to refinance your home by using some of these incredibly simple methods.

Apple Juice You can treat fine lines, fine wrinkles, and cracked skin by applyingrepparttar 114455 juice of green apples to your face each day. You should leaverepparttar 114456 juice on for around ten to fifteen minutes each day before rinsing off. This is one of those home remedies that can help you to look younger and add a real zing to your day. The aroma and zest ofrepparttar 114457 apples will put a spring in your step whilerepparttar 114458 juices get to work on your skin.

Pineapple If you want another fruity way to reduce fine lines and wrinkles, you can userepparttar 114459 juice orrepparttar 114460 core of a fresh pineapple. Applyrepparttar 114461 juice either by hand or by rubbingrepparttar 114462 core over your face, and leave it on for ten to fifteen minutes. You can enjoyrepparttar 114463 tropical aroma of this home remedy whilerepparttar 114464 pineapple juice helps to improverepparttar 114465 tone and texture of your skin, enabling you to feel fresh and look younger.

Nourishing face mask If you want to enjoy a more luxurious home remedy, you can make up your own face mask. This will leave your skin feeling supple and revitalized, and can help you to look younger by replenishing your skin. You simply combine a couple of tablespoons of natural whole yogurt with a tablespoon of pure liquid honey. You then squeeze in some cucumber juice and giverepparttar 114466 whole mixture a good stir. Chillrepparttar 114467 mixture inrepparttar 114468 fridge for a short while (you don’t want to get it too cold, but refrigerating it for a short while will help to ‘set’ it so that it won’t slide off your face). Applyrepparttar 114469 mixture to your face liberally, lie back, pop a couple of cucumber slices onto your eyes to soothe them, and simple relax for about fifteen minutes.

Afterwards, rinserepparttar 114470 facemask off your face and pat dry. You can then moisturize your face, and you should be left with smoother, softer, and suppler skin. You can do this once or twice a week to help keep your skin nourished and replenished.

Cucumber If you are having problems with discolored age spots, you may find that cucumber juice is very effective in bleaching out these age spots. Simply combine cucumber juice with water (one tbsp of juice to two tbsp of water), and apply torepparttar 114471 affected areas twice daily. Dabrepparttar 114472 solution on inrepparttar 114473 morning and at night, and allow to dry onrepparttar 114474 affected area.

Papaya Juice This fruit contains an enzyme that can remove dead surface skin. So, if you have rough skin or blemishes, fresh papaya juice rubbed intorepparttar 114475 skin can removerepparttar 114476 affected skin and leave you with softer, smoother skin.

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