6 Dietary Habits to Keep You Young
While we know that immortality is just a myth, slowing down the aging process is very achievable. It's a natural desire for women to love beauty, and delaying aging is the aspiration of all women. Scientific research has confirmed that a healthy diet has a remarkable effect on slowing down aging.
Below, we introduce 6 anti-aging dietary habits to make you look several years younger than your actual age.
"Just by changing your diet, you can appear 13 years older or 14 years younger than your actual age," says Dr. Mike Roizen, chairman of the U.S. RealAge Scientific Advisory Board and author of the book *The RealAge Diet*.
A team of doctors, epidemiologists, and nutrition experts led by Roisen, summarized from hundreds of studies how diet, exercise, and lifestyle habits affect a person's biological age and the risk of certain diseases. They came up with the following results:
Eat Less Oil
1. Eat less oil, and you'll be 6 years younger. Long-term excessive oil intake can lead to a series of diseases such as hyperlipidemia, fatty liver, atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and cholecystitis.
Eat Breakfast
2. Eat breakfast, and you'll be 1.1 years younger. Eating breakfast helps with balanced nutrition intake, stabilizes blood sugar levels, and controls lunch portion size. At the same time, it boosts the body's metabolism for the day, making people more energetic.
Eat Dark-Colored Vegetables
3. Eat dark-colored vegetables, more than 5 servings a day, to be 2 years younger. Vegetables are rich in minerals and vitamins, especially dark-colored ones. Chlorophyll, carotene, lycopene, anthocyanins, and other substances in them have antioxidant and anti-aging effects.
Eat Nuts
4. Eat nuts, 140 grams a week, to be 1.5 years younger. In addition to being rich in protein and fat, nuts also contain large amounts of vitamin E, folic acid, magnesium, potassium, unsaturated fatty acids, and a good amount of dietary fiber, which are beneficial to health. But be careful not to eat too many.
Eat Fish
5. Eat fish, 3 times a week, to be 1.5 years younger. The protein in fish is easily absorbed and it is rich in fat-soluble vitamins, minerals, and unsaturated fatty acids, which are particularly beneficial to health.
Eat Whole Grains
6. Eat whole grains, 5 times a week, to be 1 year younger. Grains are rich in carbohydrates and are the foundation of the diet. However, whole grains contain more minerals, dietary fiber, and vitamins than refined grains, making them healthier.