Why ketchup should be part of your anti aging diet
Whether you eat them raw, as ketchup, paste or a sauce on your pizza, the health and anti aging benefits of tomatoes simply cannot be denied. Tomatoes are one of nature’s superfoods.
The reasons why tomatoes should be part of your anti aging diet can be summed up in one word – lycopene. Tomatoes contain more lycopene – one of the most powerful antioxidants known – than any other food.
Lycopene belongs to the same family of antioxidants as betacarotene but is almost twice as powerful.
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Why smoking and cosmetic surgery don’t mix
If you are thinking about any kind of cosmetic surgery – and you’re a smoker – you may want to pause right there.
Whatever your reasons for wanting surgery – continuing to smoke will make you a less acceptable candidate in the eyes of most good plastic surgeons.
Any doctor worth their fees knows that smoking increases the risks from surgery and delays recovery and healing time. Not something you or your doctor want.
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Trans fat triples your risk of heart disease
If you thought saturated fat was bad for your heart you may be surprised to know trans fat is worse – much worse. And what’s more you may be eating it every day.
You may think of heart disease as a man’s issue but more women than men die of heart disease in the US and the older you are the worse the statistics get.
As a woman once you reach 65 – you are more likely to die of coronary heart disease than anything else.
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How juicing can delay brain aging
One of the worst aspects of aging for many people is the possibility of dementia, memory loss or even alzheimers ruining our quality of life in our later years.
But loss of mental sharpness and memory is not inevitable with age and the answer may lie – at least partially – in what we eat.
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