Dean Caporella asked:


It’s often said humans are living longer but does that mean they are enjoying the later years of their lives. In fact, maybe a more apt description would be “living shorter but dying longer!”

Antiaging food is a hotly debated topic by those pushing the benefits of medications on people and those pushing for more natural, nutrition based products. While nutrition seems to be a little more accepted these days by the medical profession as a key, to not just slowing down the aging process but it’s benefits on the human body in fighting what are known as lifestyle diseases.

Antiaging Food

Nutrition in optimal amounts is the perfect antiaging food. In battling lifestyle diseases such as cancer, diabetes and osteoparosis, a diet strong in antioxidants and minerals will go a long way to giving the human body the ammunition it needs to fight off disease.

Antiaging antioxidants are not some miracle cure invented by a scientist in a lab somewhere; they have been around since man first walked the planet. The ability of the human body to regenerate new body cells is a wonder of nature however, regenerating new cells in a body devoid of optimal nutritional intake will invite disease in.

The free radical element within our bodies (rogue antioxidants on a cell destruction mission), unless neutralised by fresh antioxidant and mineral intake, will eventually cause enough damage to any given area of the body which will lead to any one of a number of lifestyle diseases on offer.

The Prominence Of Lifestyle Diseases

Technology has been a wonderful thing for the human race but at what cost? There is no doubt since the middle of the 20th century, improved farming and food processing technologies has led to a decline in food nutritional value.

Fruit and vegetables are now able to be picked greener and kept in large cool rooms which helps diminish the traditional food values. Add to this, the introduction of preservatives and nutrition values are further affected. So is there a co-incidence between improving technology 60-70 years ago and the emergence of lifestyle disease?

The Role Of Nutrition In The Antiaging Process

Antiaging nutrition is not a difficult thing to achieve. It simply means providing your body the antiaging food it needs to feed our cells. Healthy cells mean a healthy body, not just on the inside but you’ll be amazed how this will reflect on the outside. The skin is the body’s largest organ so why wouldn’t you want to look after it!

Remember, optimal amounts of nutrition means not just replenishing your bodies regularly with just one vitamin group but considering the entire range of antioxidants and minerals available. It won’t stop the aging process but should provide enough braking momentum to provide a solid foundation to your antiaging endeavours.

Dean Caporella asked:


Exactly what is an antiaging solution? Is it the eternal fountain of youth we have heard so much about but to this day still remains a myth or is it simply an antiaging routine we can adapt to our day-to-day lives to slow the aging process just a little? Let’s be realistic, unless the fountain of youth does exist or you have a healthy bank balance, slowing the aging process or keeping it in check is plain common sense.

A Simple Antiaging Solution

What’s the answer? What if I told you proper nutrition would form the basis of your antiaging solution. That’s right…nutrition! You hear it everyday… “make sure you have a nutrition balanced diet” or “watch what you eat and make sure it’s full of the goodness of vitamins.”

Getting optimal amounts of nutrition everyday is as close to an antiaging solution you’ll get. Why? Well, nutrition is the food of choice for our body cells and if we can provide them with the right sustenance on a daily basis, not in modest but optimal amounts, then we are providing our body with all the ammunition it needs to fight off aging and disease.

The problem today is most of the nutritional value in our food has disappeared. Because of improved and smarter farming and food preservation techniques during the past 60 years, food’s nutritional value has gradually diminished to the point where we need to make up the shortfall by taking extra antioxidants and minerals via other sources. This then leads to another problem…are the antioxidant and mineral products available on the shelves today in the correct balance and amounts? Do they actually contain and do what the label on the bottle or container says? You’ll be surprised at the answer!

An Antiaging Solution Shortlist

Here’s a simple shortlist of things you should consider for your antiaging solution:

1. Reduce Stress And Tension – Stress has been identified as not only a leading cause of ailments but is also a killer. Stress and tension is also a leading producer of free radicals within our bodies which in turn, if not countered, will invade and damage bory cells by the millions.

2. Eating healthy is so obvious as part of any antiaging solution but many just simply ignore it. Eating fruits and vegetables and drinking an ample quantity of water, preferably distilled, will be a step in the right direction. However, fruit and vegetables have become victim to food preservation techniques and the truth is, by the time it reaches the consumer, a lot of the goodness has disappeared. This is where optimal amounts of antioxidant and minerals come in as we discussed above.

3. Good skin care treatment compliments the reduction of stress and proper nutrition intake as part of your antiaging solution. Applying a quality cleanser and hydrating toner routine followed by a protective emulsifier on a daily basis is almost crucial, particularly if you spend lots of time in the sun, wear make up or, eat poorly. Providing nourishment to the skin, the body’s largest organ, is is as important as keeping your body cells healthy.

Combined, reducing stress, eating healthy and using quality skin care treatment is and antiaging solution that’s pretty hard to beat, unless of course you have stumbled across the fountain of youth!