Green Tea: helps fight mental and physical fatigue with anti-aging properties that fight against cancer, help to prevent blood clotting tendencies, lower blood cholesterol levels and regulate blood sugar levels. Obtained through the leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis. Green tea, the least processed of all the teas, is made by quickly steaming or heating the leaves so that they retain their green color.

Calcium: best known for preventing osteoporosis, Calcium is also needed for strong teeth, keeping the heart beating regularly, promoting clotting in the blood, and functionality in nerve and muscle cells. Obtained through Broccoli, cheeses, collard greens, fat-free corn tortillas (processed with lime, kale, milk), mustard greens, fortified orange juice, salmon (with bones), sardines (with bones), fat-free yogurt.

2. Exercise – Regular exercise can keep you fit and slow the aging process. Experts recommend 30 minutes of moderate exercise daily for most people.

We always hear that exercise is important to stay healthy. Here are a few reasons why exercise is key in anti-aging. Working up a sweat is a great way to keep skin hydrated and glowing. Exercise stimulates the neuroendocrine system, increases muscle strength and improves posture, reduces blood pressure, improves brain circulation and short term memory, improves vision and quality of sleep, alleviates depression and improves self esteem, helps to retard bone loss, reduces risk of developing breast, colon and prostate cancer, and improves immune system functions.

3. Sleep 8-9 hours per night -
Sleep allows our body to maintain and repair itself. Cell growth and repair takes place while we are asleep. Sleep slows the aging process by helping the body conserve energy and other resources that the immune system needs to fight infection. Getting enough sleep sharpens concentration, memory and physical performance.

4. Drink 6-8 glasses of pure, filtered water daily – Drinking plenty of water is one of the most important anti-aging nutrients you can add to your body. It hydrates the skin, flushes out toxins and keeps the internal systems working properly. For more information about why water is the fountain of youth, click here.

5. Don't smoke – Smoking causes premature wrinkling. Facial wrinkling increases with the amount of cigarettes and number of years a person has smoked.
Smoking causes lines or wrinkles spreading from the upper or lower lips and crow's feet, lines on the cheeks and lower jaw, hollowness in the cheeks and a leathery texture and grayish tinge to skin. Smokers tend to get more respiratory infections and often have a chronic cough. Smoking endangers health by contributing to heart disease, circulatory problems and can cause emphysema and lung cancer and decreases life expectancy by about 5 to 8 years. Smoking also affects others around you by increasing their risk for cancer and respiratory disease.