As a senior, making smart food choices will not only give your body the key nutrients it needs to perform properly, but also gives it a boost to counteract the natural aging process, helps you to turn back the clock a bit more.

Here are 4 of the best anti-aging foods that could help you to not only look younger, but also feel younger:

Avocado

Main Anti-Aging Ingredient: Oleic Acid

Avocado contains a huge amount of oleic acid, which not only help in extending your lifespan, but also gets credit for being a highly effective antioxidant that helps to prevent cancer. Other than oleic acid, avocados also give your body lots of healthy fats, potassium, and fibre – the things that your body needs to function at its best & fight back the aging process.

Apple

Main Anti-Aging Ingredient: Vitamin C

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away”. This is truly an age-old but always true adage. Aside from giving your body a whole lot of various healthy nutrients and soluble fibre that helps prevent cholesterol from building up on the artery walls (which results in the decrease of risks of heart diseases & digestive problems), apples also contain a good amount of potassium that could be beneficial for those who are watching their blood pressure.

What really makes apples the shining star in the healthy food department is its abundance of Vitamin C, which bolster your immune system and keeps you free from common colds & other diseases as you go through life. Vitamin C also aids the absorption of iron from other foods, and plays an important in the production of collagen in the skin, bones, teeth, and cartilage.

Red Wine

Main Anti-Aging Ingredient: Resveratrol

Red wine, in moderation, has long been recommended by doctors to their patients as a way to maintain a healthy heart and a sharp brain. Resveratrol, a substance found in red wine, helps reduce the growth of fat cells and prevent damage to blood vessels and the formation of blood clots in the body.

Despite all the good benefits red wine can have on your body, drinking too much of it will cause adverse effects on your body and even speed up the aging process. The usual suggestion for daily intake 1 one glass, but sometimes it can range to a glass and a half or maximum two glasses a day.

Berries

Main Anti-Aging Ingredient: Antioxidants

No matter if it is blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, or raspberries - any type of berries can help you to cheat the test of time and appear visibly younger. This is due to the high level of antioxidants packed in them, which helps to stop or at least slower the free radical damage happen in our bodies daily that lead to accelerated aging. Also, berries taste pretty darn good, no matter if it’s on its own or mix in with other food, so why not give them a try today?

Want more healthy diet tips for seniors? Need help with senior caregiving? Talk to Home Instead Senior Care Outer East today to know more on how we can help you & your seniors to live a fulfilled & healthy life!

Thanks for reading through this Blog, I hope you have found it useful. If you require any further assistance please feel free to contact the office.

Kind regards,

Suzanne McLoughlin
Owner of Home Instead Senior Care Outer East

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