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Anti-Aging Nutrition and Diet
In the last few years diet and nutrition have become increasingly complex. Who had ever heard of antioxidant foods a few years ago?
Find out about anti-aging foods and nutrition.
- Which foods you should be eating
- Why they are good for you
- Which foods are high in antioxidants
- Which foods are anti-inflammatory
- Why a diet high in simple sugars is bad for you
- Which fats you should be eating
- What about calorie restriction?
“You are what you eat.”
Antioxidants
Want to know which foods are high in antioxidants?
The USDA has analyzed a large number of foods and given them ORAC numbers.
ORAC stands for Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity, and is a method to measure the antioxidant capacity of foods. This is a measure of the relative antioxidant power of foods.
ORAC numbers were revised and updated at the end of 2007. Most websites still list the old ORAC values, since they have not updated their sites.
Want to know which antioxidants you should be consuming?
Diet and Lifestyle Plans
We all know that a healthy weight is important at any age. However, as we age it becomes more important.
After about the mid thirties, there is a decline in our basal metabolic rate, meaning when doing nothing we are not using as many calories as we used too.
An unhealthy weight increases the risk of many age-related diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. In order to lose the weight AND KEEP IT OFF, we all need both a diet plan and a lifestyle plan.
Anti-inflammatory foods
Recently there has been a focus on the role of inflammation in aging. Long term inflammation is aging, and many age-related diseases are inflammatory.
Did you know that atherosclerosis (blockage of the arteries) is an inflammatory disease?
Red wine has anti-inflammatory properties due to resveratrol.
Quercetin is another anti-inflammatory compound present at high levels in most uncooked berries, kale, cocoa powder and apples. Another reason to eat an apple a day!
