7 Food procrastinators Aging

Healthy life is one key to longevity. To live healthy, we of course need good nutrition and healthy too. Here are some types of foods that are claimed merit making young and stay healthy.

1. Olive Oil
Four decades ago, researchers from Seven Coutries Study concluded that the unsaturated fat with a single chain (of monounsaturated) in olive oil are widely useful to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer in the Islands of Crete in Greece. Now the society also have a lot of Jews that olive oil contains folifenol, powerful antioxidants that can prevent age-related diseases.

2. Yogurt
In the 1970s, Soviet Georgia was rumored to have a population of an average age of over 100 years more than other countries. Reports at the time claimed that the secret of longevity is yogurt.

Despite the strength in extending the age of yogurt never been proved directly, yogurt is a calcium-rich foods that can prevent osteoporosis. In addition, yogurt contains good bacteria that help maintain gut health and reduce the risk of intestinal illness associated with age

3. Fish
Thirty years ago, researchers began to study why the native Alaska (Inuit) can be free of heart disease. The reason, according to estimates by experts, is the level of fish consumption is incredible. Fish is an abundant omega-3 fats, which can help lower cholesterol buildup in blood vessels and prevent abnormal heart rhythms.

4. Chocolate cocoa
Kuna communities in the San Blas Islands, Panama, noted a risk of heart disease lower nine times in the appeal of other residents living in Panama. The reason? The Kuna are drinking cocoa rich in flavanols, an antioxidant that can help facilitate the circulation of blood. Maintaining healthy blood vessels means suppressing the risk of high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, renal disease and dementia.

5. Nuts
Studies of Seventh-Day Adventists (a religious denomination that emphasizes healthy living and a vegetarian diet) show that people who eat nuts have an average longevity of two and a half years. Nuts are rich in unsaturated fats, so they offer benefits similar to olive oil. Nuts also contain a variety of vitamins, minerals and other phytochemicals, including antioxidants.

6. Wine
Drinking alcohol in moderation protects against heart disease, diabetes and dementia. Many kinds of alcoholic beverages that can bring benefits, but many studies the focus on red wine. Red wine contains resveratrol, a substance that is estimated to bring these benefits.

7. Blueberry
In a study published in 1999, researchers from the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center provides a blueberry extract in mice. Provision of these extracts are given for a period equivalent to the life of mice with 10 years of human life.

Rats fed this extract shows its superiority than normal mice when testing balance and coordination when they reached old age. Gynecology in blueberries (and other berries) can allegedly reduce inflammation (inflammation) and is oxidative damage, which is associated with memory loss and motor ability during aging.



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