| Your body is your temple, and what you give it | | | | eat to avoid aging significantly, a diet that is high in |
| nutritionally can have a vast impact on your | | | | both fruits and vegetables is recommended. |
| health. As the body ages, many changes take | | | | Those who indulge in these types of foods often |
| place, and by taking in the proper vitamins and | | | | are found to have lower rates of disease as well |
| minerals, you can minimize the negative health | | | | as higher levels of energy and a healthier |
| effects that you experience as you grow older. In | | | | appearance. There are many reasons that these |
| this article, we'll mention some of the important | | | | types of foods are recommended; most fruits |
| nutrients that one needs to intake as they age to | | | | and vegetables have no cholesterol, fat, or |
| help keep in proper health. | | | | sodium, which are three harmful compounds that |
| As you age, your body's ability to properly | | | | have a negative effect on health. In addition to |
| process the vitamins that you eat decreases. For | | | | the lack of bad substances found in fruits and |
| that reason, it is important to increase the | | | | vegetables, they are also rich in the vitamins and |
| amounts of vitamins that you intake. Since | | | | minerals that your body needs. Practically every |
| osteoporosis occurs in those of an older age, it is | | | | essential vitamin and mineral can be found |
| of the utmost importance to ensure that your | | | | throughout the fruit and vegetable world, and a |
| body gets enough Vitamin D. While those in their | | | | minimum of five fruits and vegetables per day |
| twenties only need to take in 200 IUs of Vitamin | | | | are recommended by the National Cancer |
| D per day, those aged 60 and above are | | | | Institute. |
| recommended to take in about 600 IUs. The | | | | Anti-oxidants are also important when it comes to |
| B-Vitamin Complex is also an important vitamin | | | | aging; this type of compound is useful in the way |
| that our body loses the ability to process over | | | | that it helps the body to protect itself against the |
| time. A lack of B vitamins can lead to a risk for | | | | harmful effects of free radicals, which are rogue |
| heart disease and possible memory loss, and for | | | | cells that attack the cell membranes of your |
| that reason, those of an older age need to make | | | | body, causing premature cell death. Many fruits |
| sure that they get all the B vitamins that they | | | | and vegetables include anti-oxidants, including |
| can get. Calcium is also a particularly important | | | | carrots and tomatoes. |
| nutrient when it comes to aging; along with | | | | Following these basic principles is a great way to |
| Vitamin D, it helps the bones to mineralize | | | | get your health on track as you age, helping you |
| properly, warding off the effects of osteoporosis. | | | | to ensure that you will live a healthy life. |
| When it comes to actual foods that you should | | | | |