Posts Tagged ‘anti-ageing’

Anti-Ageing Food – Tomatoes

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

A rich sauce of lycopene, tomatoes help prevent cell ageing. Cooked tomatoes release five time more lycopene than raw tomatoes. Increasingly research is suggesting that, of the many types of carotenoids found in food, lycopene is the most beneficial for protecting against coronary heart desease and cancer, especially cancer of the lung, stomach, mouth, colon, rectum and postate gland.

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Anti-Ageing Food

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Dark green leavy vegetables such as spinach and broccoli are a rich source of vitamin C, which is great for the skin. On top of that, they have carotenoids and anti-cancer substances such as sulphoraphane and geistein. They contain a variety of caroteroid pigment which help to prevent age-related eye problems such as cataracts and mucular degeneration.