Anti Aging Herbs and Greens
Nature's Super Food

Anti aging herbs and greens are nature's super food. They are rich in antioxidants, minerals, vitamins and enzymes.

The benefits of herbs and greens have been known for around 4000 years. Their health benefits and anti aging effect have made them very popular lately.

Most of us use herbs for cooking to flavour our food. The question arises if cultures who use lots of herbs and greens in their traditional food are likely to live longer, are healthier and stay looking younger? I can remember visiting Greece where they use plenty of Oregano, Basil and Garlic in their dishes and noticing how active and youthful older people were.

In chinese medicine anti aging herbs have been used for centuries. Good quality nutritional supplements contain anti aging herbs and greens in concentrated form. Greens are also available in juices, like Spirolina or wheat grass.

Almost all herbs, spieces and greens are rich in vital nutrients. The trick is to add as much as possible to your dishes. Oregano, Peppermint and cinnamon the list is endless.

Buy Organic

Chemicals and toxins are speeding up the aging process by attacking our cells. Herbs and Greens are packed with antioxidants that are helping to combat that. However, what good does it do for our body if the herbs we eat are sprayed with chemicals?

To really get the effect of anti aging herbs you should buy organic or grow your own.

Organic herbs and greens are available at your local organic food shop or health shop.

Top 3 Anti Aging Herbs & Greens

1. Garlic

Garlic is known for its all-round health benefits. Besides beeing a great addition to your spices cupboard in the kitchen, it's use as holistic first aid is often underminded.

It contains the health-giving active ingredients alliin and allicin, as well as over 100 other compounds including vitamins A, B1, C and E and the minerals selenium, calcium, copper, potassium, zinc and some iron. Therefore it's one of the best anti aging herbs.

Known for its rather unpleasant smell, Garlic's wonderpower lies excactly in the odour.The chemical activities of the sulphur component of garlic is released when crushed or choppped. These compounds are absorbed by the blood and exhaled through the lungs. That's why Garlic and its antibiotic effect is given for coughs and other respiratory infections.

If you don't like the odour (and who does) try eating some parsley with garlic. It inhibits the smell. Other alternatives are odourless garlic capsules, though I question if their health benefits are the same.

Latest research has discovered that an intake of between half and one garlic clove per day can reduce cholesterol by 9 per cent.

Benefits:

• Antioxidant
• Anti-viral
• Anti-bacterial
• Anti-fungal
• Anti-disease
• Lowers blood pressure
• Boosts immune system
• Balances blood sugar
• Assist in fat metabolism

2. Green Foods: Spirolina & Wheatgrass

Spirolina is nature's super food. Spirolina is rich in vitamins, minerals and enzymes and antioxidants as well as the antiaging amino acids. Spirolina also contains unique phytonutrients.

You may have tried a shot of wheat grass at your local juice shop. Not everyones taste, but very healthy. Wheat Grass is great for detoxing and rich in vital nutrients and enzymes.

Spirolina can be bought in powder form. It is easily mixed with your favourite juice or smoothy.

You can get your daily dose of these antiaging green foods through either your supplements, capsules, juice or fresh. They offer lots of health benefits, here a few of them.

Benefits:

• Antioxidant
• Helps with skin disorders
• Helps with hypertension
• Inhibits and reduces inflammation
• Detoxing
• Good for digestive system

3. Green Tea

Green Tea and its benefits is known for thousands of years. Studies have shown that green tea helps to protect from cancer and heart disease. Green tea has a wide range of use from headaches to indigestion.

Chinese Green Tea and Jasmine Green Tea are the ones with the most health benefits. It's antioxidant effect makes it also one of the best anti aging herbs.

Benefits:

• Antioxidant
• Anti-virus
• Antibacterial
• Improves digestion
• Anti-cancer

More Anti Aging Herbs

Bilberry

Bilberry is part of the blueberry and cranberry family. It is used for treating eye conditions as well as protecting the sensitive eye tissues. It helps for tired eyes and even night blindness!

Benefits:

• Antioxidant
• Improves circulation
• Strengthen capillaries and arteries
• Lowers blood pressure
• Can help with eye conditions

Hawthorn

Hawthorn Berry is the fruit from the Hawthorn tree and is rich in nutrients and flavonoids. The Hawhtorn Berry is used as heart tonic. Its benefit is doubled when used with the "heart vitamins" E and Q10 and that makes it also one of the best anti aging herbs.

Benefits:

• Antioxidant
• Improves cardiovascular system

Ginkgo

Ginkgo biloba is one of the best anti aging herbs for brain and memory. Ginkgo seeds and Gingko leaves have been used in chinese medicine for centuries.

Gingko seeds help to treat respiratory conditions as well as many other health ailments. Gingko leaf extracts help to improve memory, treat and prevent Alzheimers, MS and other health conditions.

Benefits:

• Antioxidant
• Inhibits the aging process in the brain
• Improves nervous system
• Improves cardiovascular system

Milk Thistle

Milk Thistle is a herb known for its specific benefit to the liver. It helps to clean and detox the liver.

Benefits:

• Antioxidant
• Prevents damage to the liver
• Detoxifies the liver

Marigold

Marigold is a flower known for its healing properties in the skin. Its other name is Calendula. Marigold is often used in creams for treating skin conditions.

Benefits:

• Antioxidant
• Anti-inflammatory
• Stimulates the liver
• Helps for skin diseases

Daniela's Beauty Tip for Anti Aging Herbs & Greens

Herbs and Greens are packed with all the goodness that helps make skin beautiful. Taken as supplements or as spices in your food, they help to detoxify and heal the skin from the inside.

The more herbs and greens you can pack into your diet, the better!

Many herbs and greens are used in anti aging skin care products because of their positive effect when applied to the skin.

Green Tea is a popular ingredient because of its anti-inflammatory action on the skin.

Aloe Vera and Calendula (Marigold) are known for their healing properties and can help with skin condintions as well as sunburns.

More About Anti Aging Nutrition

The Vitamins A, C and E are one of the most powerful antioxidants and are playing a very important role in slowing down the aging process. Foods that are rich in these vitamins should be included in your anti aging nutrition program.

Antioxidants are free radical scavengers. You can't get enough of them if you're wanting to slow down the aging process. Our body gets attacked by free radicals at all times. Ironically, even by it's normal metabolic activities.

Essential Fatty Acids are the super fat. There are Omega 3 and 6. Omega 9 is yet not classified as essential. Their benefits are reaching from the brain to the skin. You may even loose fat with fat!

We need to drink water every day. So why not with water that has been super-charged and is full of health benefits.