5 Anti Aging Foods You Should Include In Your Diet

Do you feel like age is catching up with you? If you don’t want to accept those wrinkles just yet, there are some ways to hold off the aging a little longer. Whether it is keeping your brain sharper or your body and bones stronger, the food on your plate can make all the difference. Picking antioxidant-rich food, anti-inflammatory ingredients, and nutrient-rich fruit and vegetables, and making heart-healthy meals can make you fitter and, yes, younger inside and out!

# Pomegranates

Pomegranates are packed with vitamins and antioxidants that can help you fight off sun damage to your skin. The ellagic acid in it can help slow the breakdown of collagen that keeps your skin looking supple and youthful. So you can ward off those wrinkles and counter your body’s inflammatory response to ultraviolet radiation exposure from the sun.

Equally crucial, pomegranate juice could help keep your memory sharp as you grow older. As one study found, older test subjects with age-related memory issues saw improvement in their memory after having an oz serving of pomegranate juice daily for the 4 weeks of the test.

# Extra Virgin Olive Oil

There’s a reason extra virgin olive oil features so regularly on health and fitness enthusiasts’ diet plans. Tap into the power of olive oil and, like those on the Mediterranean diet, you too could benefit from improved cognitive function as you grow older.

Inflammation, responsible for conditions we associate with aging, like hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis or coronary artery disease, and even cancer, can be combated with the help of the omega-3 fatty acids in olive oil

# Blueberries

Berries in general and blueberries in particular are rich sources of antioxidants. The anthocyanins they contain help keep blood vessels elastic, allowing you to have lower blood pressure.

Drinking the juice could also help boost cognitive ability. If you’re coping with depressive due to aging, the juice could even ease that problem, as one study found. It turns out the anthocyanins stimulate the neurons in the brain and also reduce geriatric depressive symptoms.

Free radical damage that causes graying of your hair could potentially be slowed by the protective effect of the antioxidants in the berries.

# Green Tea

Oriental favorite and increasingly popular as a beverage the world over, green tea can be a wonderful addition to help you slow down the clock.

Make the most of green tea polyphenols and catechins to prevent hyperpigmentation from sun damage that can leave you skin looking blotchy and older. Green tea isn’t just great to consume but also works as a topical treatment to prevent oxidative damage to your skin from UV radiation.8 Look for sunscreens with green tea polyphenols like epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) or infuse some green tea extract into your sunscreen.

Research has shown that growing older is linked to a rise in hyperplastic pathologies, or, simply put, a rise in the rate at which your cells reproduce, a precursor to problems like cancer. Consuming green tea may also help induce apoptosis or cell death of tumor/cancerous cells. Again, it is the EGCG that prevents the proliferation of cancer cells.

# Green Leafy Vegetables

Another kind of green comes from the green leafy vegetables like spinach and kale that are already celebrated for myriad reasons – not least of which is the vitamins and minerals they pack in. But they have an important role to play against aging.

Protect yourself against inflammation and its potentially aging effects by consuming anti-inflammatory greens like collard greens or kale and spinach.

The vitamin K in spinach can also help cut down the bone loss you experience as you age. With stronger bones, you are less likely to have a fracture, a common worry for the elderly.