Delicious Anti Aging Food

Anti Aging Food is one of the best, most inexpensive ways to look and feel young and vital. When your skin glows from within you know you are healthy and you look you are most fabulous. There is no sense spending hundreds or more dollars on facial products, peels, cosmetic procedures and more when your skin is sallow looking and lacking that healthy youthful glow. We all want that healthy glow to stay throughout our lives. How best to do that? By eating specific types of foods we can achieve that youthful look and we can feel great, full of energy to do whatever we want.

So let's explore some anti aging food to get us where we want to be.

Anti-Oxidant Foods are Yummy AntiAging Foods

You may have heard of antioxidants since they are getting a lot of attention these days. Antioxidants are substances that reduce oxidative stress in the body. As the cells of our bodies work hard to create energy for all of our body functions, a necessary chemical reaction in our bodies takes place called oxidation.

Oxidation creates free radicals which can damage our bodies. This is one of the causes of aging. Foods and supplements that reduce these free radicals are called antioxidants and they limit the damage done by the free radicals. It is to our advantage then to eat as many of these antioxidant foods as possible, since they are one of the best anti aging foods around.

Antioxidant foods come in many types including fruits, vegetables, beans, grains and even tea.

Some of the best of these anti aging foods are berries. Blueberries head the list with the most antioxidant power of all the fruits, but strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, cranberries all contain large amounts of antioxidant substances. Another good antioxidant fruit is plums, prunes, apples, and cherries. It is important to buy organic fruits as often as possible, especially the berries.

Beans are another great source of antioxidants. The dark beans like black beans, kidney beans, red beans, pinto beans are best.

Other good sources of antioxidants are walnuts and pecans.

Good Oils and Fats

Let's face it, oils and fats make our food taste good and it's true that we all need fat in our diet. But we only want it in the best form of oil possible. Then we can enjoy that it makes our skin moist and youthful, reduces lines and wrinkles, keeps our cholesterol low and reduces inflammation in our bodies. That way we can look and feel great and not worry about heart disease or other problems associated with getting older.

You may have heard of omega oils and you may have heard that there are two types that we need, omega 3 oil and omega 6 oil. These are essential fatty acids that our bodies need to make the hormones our bodies need to operate. Since our bodies were done make these EFA's we have to get them through our diet.

These fatty acids can be found in certain fish and plants and it is important that we get a variety of them in our diet.

Salmon, sardines, shrimp, canned light tuna, pollock, and catfish are all high in omega 3 oils. These are the best fish to eat as they are also low in mercury. The types of omega 3 oil found in cold water fish is called EPA/DHA. This is not found in plant sources of omega 3 oils. EPA/DHA are important in maintaining brain and eye health in addition to keeping the heart healthy.

Plant sources of fatty acids called ALA, come in both omega 3 oils and omega 6 oils. Most of us get plenty of omega 6 oils in our diet but are lacking in the important omega 3 oils. Some great food sources of omega 3s are avocados, walnuts, flax seed, pumpkin seeds, unrefined and cold pressed canola oil, soybean oil, , and wheat germ oil. Dark leafy greens also contain omega 3 oil. Of course taking an omega 3 oil supplement is also a good idea.
Studies also show that adding 1/4 cup of nuts per day to your diet can lower cholesterol. The best nuts to add are walnuts, almonds, brazil nuts, and macadamia nuts.

A note regarding flax seeds, these need to be ground in order for our bodies to digest them. Try grinding them in a coffee grinder in the morning and add it to your cereal. It has a delicious nutty flavor and will add the stick to your ribs goodness to last you throughout the morning.

Vegetables Are AntiAging Foods!

I kn you hate vegetables! Or even if you don't you probably don't eat enough of them. According to some sources (including me), this is one of the most important anti aging foods you can eat, especially the leafy green variety. The darker the green the better and higher the anti aging potency it has.

What if you truly hate vegetables and just can't stomach them? Well juicing for health is an option and if you look here I will give you some delicious recipes that will help you get these important anti aging foods.

Why are vegetables so important?

They contain huge amounts of anti aging vitamins and minerals and antioxidants!! Supplements don't always give you everything you need. Not everyone can digest supplements, but most everyone can digest food. Besides, veggies are low calorie!