Eating more fruits, vegetables and whole grains works better than consuming a lot of red meat and processed food. If you need more protein, fish, chicken, legumes and soy are good alternatives. Of course, a multivitamin is always helpful. Strength training can help tone muscles and aerobic exercise can trim the fat in time for the summer season and beyond.

And, if there is a “fountain of youth” or “ultimate anti-aging secret,” it’s that last one. Exercise. Raise your heartrate and get a sweat on. Weight-bearing exercise. Great for body, mind, and skin.

Just. Do. It.

I better include more processed man made foods in my diet then to live longer.

Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) may play an important adverse role in process of atherosclerosis, diabetes, aging and chronic renal failure. Levels of Nε-carboxymethyllysine and fluorescent AGE values were estimated in two nutritional population groups – alternative group (vegetarians – plant food, milk products, eggs) and traditional group (omnivorous subjects). Vegetarians have a significantly higher arboxymethyllysine content in plasma and fluorescent AGE values. Intake of proteins, lysine and monosaccharides as well as culinary treatment, consumption of food AGEs (mainly from technologically processed products) and the routes of Maillard reaction in organism are the substantial sources of plasma AGEs. Vegetarians consume less proteins and saccharides. Lysine intake is significantly reduced (low content in plant proteins). Subjects on alternative nutrition do not use high temperature for culinary treatment and consume low amount of technologically processed food. Fructation induced AGE fluorescence is greater as compared with that induced by glucose. It is due to higher participation of a more reactive acyclic form of fructose. Intake of vegetables and fruit with predominance of fructose is significantly higher in vegetarians. Comparison of nutrition and plasma AGEs in vegetarian and omnivorous groups shows that the higher intake of fructose in alternative nutrition of healthy subjects may cause an increase of AGE levels.

http://www.biomed.cas.cz/physiolres/2002/issue3/pdf/krajcovic.pdf

here’s the abstract from the study:

In the popular and widely used Atkins diet, the body burns fat as its main fuel. This process produces ketosis and hence increased levels of ß-hydroxybutyrate (BOB) acetoacetate (AcAc) and its by-products acetone and acetol. These products are potential precursors of the glycotoxin methylglyoxal. Since methylglyoxal and its byproducts are recognized as a significant cause of blood vessel and tissue damage, we measured methylglyoxal, acetone, and acetol in subjects on the Atkins diet. We found that by 14-28 days, methylghyoxal levels rose 1.67-fold (P = 0.039) and acetol and acetone levels increased 2.7- and 6.12-fold, respectively (P = 0.012 and 0.028). Samples from subjects with ketosis showed even greater increases in methylglyoxal (2.12-fold), as well as acetol and acetone, which increased 4.19- and 7.9-fold, respectively; while no changes were seen in samples from noncompliant, nonketotic subjects. The increase in methylglyoxal implies that potential tissue and vascular damage can occur on the Atkins diet and should be considered when choosing a weight-loss program.

i hope you’re a long way from becoming a doctor. do your homework!

Or also that most Atkins dieters I know live off of processed fatty meats and mayonnaise?!

I’m also curious about collagen supplements (re: naom’s comment). Or supplements in general. I had such beautiful skin when I was taking broccoli supplements (I was temporarily living in a student dorm and had poor access to vegetables) .