5 Food Habits That Age You

If the only edible indiscretions you worry about are those that make you gain weight, you may have your priorities mixed up. It turns out that the worst dietary demons, including many sugary, fatty, refined and highly processed foods, do more than add thunder to your thighs, experts say — they subtract years from your life.

Nutrition, not age, determines the body’s internal chemistry, and that chemistry determines, in large part, the quality and resiliency of virtually every organ, cell and system in the body.

Everything from the condition of your skin to the quality of your bone, brain and connective tissue is determined in part by what you eat. As a result, your eating habits are a major determinant in how quickly you begin to see and feel the effects of aging.

Of course the occasional cheeseburger isn’t going to turn you into Rip Van Winkle, but when dietary lapses become daily habits, they can erase years from your life — and add years to your appearance. Here’s how to fix some bad habits that may be aging you from the inside out.

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By Catherine Guthrie, Experience Life

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Bryna P.

12:44PM PDT on May 11, 2013

Thank you for the informative post.

May 11
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Emelie H.

11:23AM PDT on Apr 16, 2013

I knew cupcakes were evil behind that pink sugar!!! ;-) Bad to the bone!

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Joy S.

4:57AM PDT on Apr 14, 2013

Cooking everything from scratch and lots of veggies, fruits, little meat, it is venison or wild turkey when we eat it and we cut way down on the sugar....that's how we are doing it. No processed foods at our house.

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LILING O.

2:33AM PDT on Apr 9, 2013

No fast and instant food, No processed food.

All these makes us aged a lot! Stick to the old fashioned and fun way of making a meal,and your body will loves you for the nutrients...