In a recent study from Rush University, adults who ate three servings of vegetables each day had a 40 % slower rate of cognitive decline over six years than those who avoided veggies. Adults who ate plenty of vegetables had the mental equivalent of someone five years younger.
Green leafy vegetables had the strongest effect, probably because of their high vitamin E content, according to the researchers.
Green vegetables, salads, watercress, sprouts, seaweed, sesame seeds, and berries are alkaline forming and rejuvenate your body. Make sure you add these foods to your daily diet.
An interesting fact from the book Stop Growing Older, Grow Younger, is that 96% of adults are not able to recall the last time they had a healthy green salad with their meal.
Two veggies that I eat all the time are spinach and cherry tomatoes.
Spinach has a sweet flavor and is rich in vitamin A, C, iron and calcium. My favorite is organic baby spinach which tastes great eaten raw in salads.
Cherry tomatoes are one of the most popular “vegetables” eaten by Americans. They are members of the fruit family, but are served in salads as a vegetable. They are an excellent source of vitamin C, and good sources of vitamin A. Cherry tomatoes contain lycopene, a powerful antioxidant with many excellent health benefits.
Ohio State University researchers discovered that people who ate a salad dressing that contained fat absorbed 15 times more beta-carotene and five times more lutein—both powerful antioxidants—than when they ate a salad topped with a fat-free dressing. So douse your daily salad with a little extra-virgin olive oil, raw virgin coconut oil, or add some cheese to help absorb needed nutrients.
One of the best reverse aging foods available is coconut oil. In fact, it’s twice as beneficial because it can be both eaten and applied directly to your skin as a soothing moisturizer. Coconut oil got a bad rap for many years because the coconut oil evaluated was not organic or virgin. For cooking, I use coconut oil in place of margarine, butter or shortening.
The best raw organic virgin coconut oil I have found is from Nutiva.
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About Me
- collin28
- I am a freelance online editor, author and health crusader. As a child in upstate New York, I enjoyed fresh raw vegetables out of the family garden, free-range eggs, and raw milk from his grandfather’s farm. After four years in the Navy, I went to school to learn commercial photography. With photo assignments all over the world, my work has been published in countless magazines and catalogs. While living in California, I became a vegan, completely cutting meat out of his diet. Called a “health-nut” by friends and family, I have spent the last two years researching and discovering ways to reverse the aging process. And, I have succeeded. I currently lives with my Australian blue heeler, Tazz, in Lakeland, Florida.
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