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10 Anti-Aging Foods to Fit Into Your Diet

with most meats. Pescatarians love this fish, and they should be a staple of everyone’s heart-healthy diet. Fatty fish also promote vision health, brain health, improve sleep quality, and is a mood booster. 

7. Green Tea

If you’ve been sleeping on the benefits of herbal teas, then it’s time to wake up and taste and smell the healing properties of drinking herbal tea.

Green tea, specifically, has anti-aging skin effects when applied topically or consumed orally. Those who drink green tea regularly will enjoy benefits such as brain, bone, skin and heart health.

8. Melons

These summer staples taste refreshingly good and are packed with hydration. They are also made of essential vitamins that support anti-aging such as vitamin K, potassium, and copper, and a solid source of vitamin C and vitamin B6.

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Cantaloupe, honey-dew melon and watermelons are the most common of this fruit family and are enjoyed at all mealtimes. 

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9. Tomatoes

Known as an anti-aging ‘super food’, tomatoes deserve a place in the diet of anyone seeking to keep glowing, healthy skin. This vegetable is key in preventing age-related diseases like osteoporosis, and even cancer. This fruit is also beneficial for skin health, as it offers added protection against sunburns.

10. Water

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Last, and most important we need water. Everybody knows that water does a body good and in fact, is the proverbial Fountain of Youth. The human body is made mostly of water so when you hear “water is life”, it biologically is. As we age, we tend to “dry up”. Water improves skin by reducing wrinkles and sagging by tightening the skin, keeping the pH balance, flush toxins preventing pimples and acne. 

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Water is a great moisturizer and gives the skin suppleness and elasticity. It can go without saying, to age well, you need water.

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