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Anti Aging Foods - 3 tips for feeling and looking better: Age Defying
Tip #2
 We may owe a great
debt to the mole rat for providing some of the best anti aging
research information currently being provided by our research
laboratories. While mice live approximate two to three years before
succumbing to the ravages of the aging process, the mole rat is a
longevity champ living to a healthy old age of about 25 years or
more. What the mole rat and other similar animals continue to
demonstrate is that longevity, or anti aging is not simply a matter of
good genes. Emerging research continues to demonstrate that many of
the aging effects such a susceptibility to wrinkles, flab, muscle
loss, and chronic health problems such as heart disease and
osteoporosis can be managed through diet, in conjunction with regular
exercise and daily sunscreen. The following three anti aging tips (4
more next week) will help you to understand some of details of an anti
aging diet to improve your health and appearance.
Anti Aging
Strategy 1: Energize your diet with high quality fat.
You're probably
familiar with the recommendations that a moderate-fat diet (about 30%
or less) may help you to reduce your weight and keep it off better
than a low-fat one. Also, nuts, fish and avocados are known to be
heart healthy foods. Some experts now are saying that women can
benefit even more than men by adding fats to their diet, especially if
they are increasing their level of exercise. Peter J. Horvath, Ph.D.,
associate professor in the Department of Exercise Nutrition Sciences
at the State University of New York at Buffalo found that "women are
better fat metabolizers than men." He added that when female athletes
added peanuts to their diets they boosted their endurance and improved
performance. However, you should skip the nut oils or butters and
nibble on a handful of walnuts or almonds according to Paul A. Davis,
a research nutritionist at the University of California. Davis says
nuts are almost like time- release capsules that slowly release their
good fat in a more healthful manner.
Anti Aging
Strategy 2: Take a multivitamin and calcium.
Some experts have
recommended that beginning in our 30’s we should take a calcium
supplement in addition to our multivitamin. The conclusion is that
you will not find the recommended 1000 mg of calcium you need in your
average multivitamin as it would be too large to swallow.
Anti Aging
strategy 3: Stay young and strong through pregnancy.
Although becoming
a mother may make you feel like you're getting older fast because of
the disruptions in your routines, being up at night, or wondering
whether you have enough life insurance, it doesn't have to make you
look older.
The easiest and
best way to maintain your youthful figure is to not gain too much
extra weight during your pregnancy in the first place. Most people
need only about 300 or so extra calories daily during the second and
third trimester, although they usually still need more nutrients. You
should focus on eating two or three servings of calcium-rich foods,
about three servings of fruit, five servings of vegetables, six
servings of whole grains and about two servings of lean meats or other
protein sources, according to Elizabeth Somer RD author of Nutrition
for Healthy Pregnancy.
Also, take a
prenatal vitamin containing extra calcium. Heidi Reichenberger RD, a
spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association has concluded that
if you don't get enough calcium from your diet, your baby will take
calcium from your bones and increase your risk for osteoporosis and a
stooped posture.
Information from
Anti Aging Foods by Prevention: Quick and Healthy Eating
Additional information and webpage by
Paul Susic M.A. Licensed
Psychologist Ph.D Candidate (Health and Geriatric Psychologist)
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