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Article: Forever young. (excerpt from the book "Food for Life")
- Article from:
- Nutrition Health Review
- Article date:
- March 22, 1995
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1995 Vegetus Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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"Some people seem to stay young forever. They never lose their hair, their skin stays youthful, and they remain slim and physically active. Others go bald before they reach twenty, develop an extra layer of fat by thirty, and have deep wrinkles by forty. The assaults of time are not entirely due to genetics. Food can be part of the problem. And more important, certain foods contain natural ingredients that can help protect against aging.
"Since the 1950s a substantial body of evidence has shown how foods, properly selected, have a great deal of power to help us stay young. This evidence is now collectively known as the free radical theory of aging.
"While it ...