How to Eat to Keep Feeling Young

While these may not add up to a magical fountain of youth, these foods will help prevent age-related diseases and keep your body performing optimally.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Use olive oil. This food's powerful antioxidants have been shown to reduce heart disease and cancer, as well as other age-related diseases.

2. Eat yogurt. Though the age-defying powers of yogurt have yet to be proven directly, yogurt is calcium-rich, helping prevent osteoporosis, and contains probiotics that help foster a healthy gut and reduce risk for age-related intestinal illness.

3. Incorporate more fish into your diet. As an abundant source of omega-3 fats, fish help prevent cholesterol buildup in arteries and protect against abnormal heart rhythms.

4. Indulge in chocolate. True cocoa (not artificial chocolate bars) is chalk-full of flavanols that help preserve your blood vessels, thus lowering your risk for high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and dementia.

5. Snack on nuts. Rich sources of unsaturated fats, nuts offer benefits in line with those of olive oil and also offer various vitamins, minerals and other phytochemicals, including antioxidants.

6. Drink a glass of red wine. Research has shown that drinking alcohol, particularly red wine, in moderation can protect against heart disease, diabetes and age-related memory loss.

7. Add blueberries. Compounds in blue- and other berries protect against inflammation and oxidative damage, which are both associated with memory and motor function loss.

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on 9/27/2009 Do you know what foods contain true cocoa?