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7 Foods to Keep You Young - Recipes for Healthy Aging
Olive Oil
Four decades ago, researchers from the Seven Countries Study concluded that the monounsaturated fats in olive oil were largely responsible for the low rates of heart disease and cancer on the Greek island of Crete. Now we know that olive oil also contains polyphenols, powerful antioxidants that may help prevent age-related diseases.
Yogurt
In the 1970s, Soviet Georgia was rumored to have more centenarians per capita than any other country. Reports at the time claimed that the secret of their long lives was yogurt, a food ubiquitous in their diets. While the age-defying powers of yogurt never have been proved directly, yogurt is rich in calcium, which helps stave off osteoporosis and contains “good bacteria” that help maintain gut health and diminish the incidence of age-related intestinal illness.
Fish
Thirty years ago, researchers began to study why the native Inuits of Alaska were remarkably free of heart disease. The reason, scientists now think, is the extraordinary amount of fish they consume. Fish is an abundant source of omega-3 fats, which help prevent cholesterol buildup in arteries and protect against abnormal heart rhythms.
Chocolate
The Kuna people of the San Blas islands, off the coast of Panama, have a rate of heart disease that is nine times less than that of mainland Panamanians. The reason? The Kuna drink plenty of a beverage made with generous proportions of cocoa, which is unusually rich in flavanols that help preserve the healthy function of blood vessels. Maintaining youthful blood vessels lowers risk of high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and dementia.
Nuts
Studies of Seventh-Day Adventists (a religious denomination that emphasizes healthy living and a vegetarian diet) show that those who eat nuts gain, on average, an extra two and a half years. Nuts are rich sources of unsaturated fats, so they offer benefits similar to those associated with olive oil. They’re also concentrated sources of vitamins, minerals and other phytochemicals, including antioxidants.
Wine
Drinking alcohol in moderation protects against heart disease, diabetes and age-related memory loss. Any kind of alcoholic beverage seems to provide such benefits, but red wine has been the focus of much of the research. Red wine contains resveratrol, a compound that likely contributes to its benefits—and, according to animal studies, may activate genes that slow cellular aging.
Blueberries
In a landmark study published in 1999, researchers at Tufts University’s Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging fed rats blueberry extract for a period of time that in “rat lives” is equivalent to 10 human years. These rats outperformed rats fed regular chow on tests of balance and coordination when they reached old age. Compounds in blueberries (and other berries) mitigate inflammation and oxidative damage, which are associated with age-related deficits in memory and motor function.
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Please amend the WINE--part for the 20.8 million Americans with diabetes (according to the ADA) and the at least 13 million Americans who abuse alcohol. Wine disrupts blood sugar, causes kidney failure, and is highly addictive to people with alcoholism and/or diabetes. The problem is... publications like yours and news outlets ALWAYS site this wine research without that corrective and sugar and alcohol addicted people use it as permission to call it! Remember, all the studies exclude people with alcohol and diabetes, and they do it because it is bad for these millions of Americans.
Sandra, Flint, MI |
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Tony Wise, Payson, AZ |
I appreciate this piece because I love healthy eating. I wish to refer us to Leviticus 11 & 12 on what we should eat and not eat. Olive oil increases good cholesterol in the blood; cold pressed olive is ideal. Sesame and soya oil have lecithin which is good for us and can lower bad cholesterol. On fish, scaly fish is less fattening. Catfish is difficult to digest. Also fruits should be taken in their natural state and some are medicinal.
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Fran, Dade City, FL |
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Kishore, Herndon, VA |
Sandra - are you kidding me? EVERYTHING is bad for SOME group of people out there. I happen to be allergic to blueberries, but I didn’t take this article as advice meant to say I had to go eat a handful right now! For crying out loud, I’m allergic, so I ignore that one. Some people can’t eat nuts, better take those off the list also. Some people are addicted to chocolate, so best have a warning “saying please check with you doctor before ingesting substances like chocolate as harmful side effects can occur in some people”. You MUST be joking, right? In fact, I doubt there is a substance on earth that would not be detrimental to SOMEONE. The point is, you have to know how to use information, not just be a sheep and do everything someone says. I hate the fact that we now live in a society where we have to label coffee as “hot” (DUH!) because we no longer require people to use their brains or exercise responsibility and self control. If an alcoholic gets drunk and does something wrong, do we take this site to court and blame it on their article? I certainly hope not. I hope we hold that individual responsible for their own actions! We seem to be a society of whiners always looking for someone to blame to keep us from having to admit responsibility for anything. Wine has been proven to have beneficial effects. If you happen to be an alcoholic or have an allergy or aversion to it, then just ignore that one bit of advice for Pete’s sake!
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Narcie Abrasaldo, Milan, IT |
Milk and Meat are getting too many antibiotics from the animal. Would like more natural not 2nd hand (cow eats grass, we eat cow) why not eat the vegetables without the toxins from fast produced meat, etc??? Thanks for the opportunity to comment!! How about "NATURAL CURES FOR HEALTH DISASTERS" by Dr Cass Ingram.
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