1001 Ways to Stay Young Naturally

195 Pages·2007·33.2 MB·english

by  Susannah Marriott

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1001
WAYS TO
STAY YOUNG
NATURALLY
Susannah Marriott
LONDON, NEW YORK, MUNICH,
MELBOURNE, DELHI
For Lyn, Jo, Mary, Anna, Sue, Nicoletta, Georgia, Stacey, Charlotte,
Rosie, and Rachel
Project editor Angela Baynham
Project art editor Carole Ash at Project 360
Senior editor Esther Ripley
Senior art editor Peggy Sadler
Photographer Ruth Jenkinson
DTP designer Sonia Charbonnier
Production controller Clare McLean
Managing editor Penny Warren
Managing art editor Marianne Markham
Jacket designer Vicky Read
Jacket editor Adam Powley
Publishing director Corinne Roberts
Yoga tips Amanda Brown
Homeopathic/herbal tips Julia Linfoot BSc MCPH MARH
Caution: if you are pregnant or have a medical condition, do not use herbs
(including herbal teas) without consulting a qualified herbal practitioner.
Similarly, some oils should not be used if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, or
if you have high blood pressure, kidney problems, or epilepsy. When using oils,
take note of the manufacturer’s cautions and those on tips and recipes and never
use more drops than is recommended. Avoid body masks, scrubs, very hot and
salt baths during pregnancy. The advice and information on health matters
given in this book is not intended as a substitute for qualified medical advice
and neither the publisher not the author accept any legal responsibility for
personal injury, or damage, or loss arising from its use or misuse.
First American Edition, 2007
Published in the United States by
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Copyright © 2007 Dorling Kindersley Limited, London
Text copyright © 2007 Susannah Marriott
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Contents
4 Introduction
6 Eating naturally
Natural nutrition • Shopping for food • Healthy eating habits • What to eat when • Age-defying
superfood • Food away from home • Eating from scratch • Drinking water • Organic juicing • Tonic
brews • Age-defying alcohol • Beating cravings • When to supplement • Green essentials
46 Rejuvenating exercise
Working the body • Which exercise? • Exercising the brain • Exercise essentials • Keeping motivated • Build
exercise into life • Maintaining posture • Breathing essentials • Heart and lungs workout • Working with weights
• Honing problem areas • Hand and foot mobility • Facial exercises • Building energy • Youthful spirit
90 Natural beauty
Antiaging skin basics • Skincare in the sun • Eternal style • Superstar ingredients • Daily facial care • Organic
nightcare • Scalpel-free face lifts • Emergency eye action • Lip treatments • Toothcare • Natural bathing & body
buffs • Cellulite busters • Oiling the body • Pedicure & manicure • Natural haircare basics • Hair removal
140 Health & well-being
Stop smoking • Destressing • Beating anxiety • Positive thinking • Life-affirming sex • A good night’s sleep
• Community spirit • Detoxing • Healthy heart • Good digestion • Keeping a clear head • What menopause?
• Healthy prostate • Protecting bones • Banishing backache • Keeping joints moving • Boosting immunity
189 Resources
189 Index
192 Acknowledgments
 INtRoductIoN
Introduction
We are the generations who are determined to stay young
forever. Whether you were part of the youth movements that
created Woodstock and the Glastonbury festival, punk rock
and rave culture, hip hop and the first and second summers
of love or are simply facing up to your first gray hairs and
wondering how to live a greener life, you probably feel as
I do. How can we possibly grow old? Our role models are
still living the life—writing classic tunes, designing show-
stopping collections, becoming the face of global cosmetics
companies—so why shouldn’t we?
We have fought to do it our way. Believing individuals could
make a difference, we campaigned for women’s and gay rights
and against wars and the establishment. A worldwide study
suggests this makes us more likely to be sexually satisfied
into our 80s and beyond. Our embracing of eco culture—it
was us folks who fought to ban the bomb, declared meat is
murder and founded Greenpeace—means we demand that
our youth-enhancing beauty products and foods be ethical
and green. Recent years have seen a big change in attitude
to aging and we can all benefit—we no longer have to grow
old to order. Forty is now considered to be no age at all;
50 could be the new 40, and 60 is the time of your life.
This book is packed with tips to keep us having it all as
we move through the decades: how to eat well and defy
aging through nutrition; how to build exercise into life to
boost energy and beat fatigue; recipes for organic wrinkle
erasers and nontoxic cleaners; quick ways to bat away
stress, beat insomnia; and how to keep the heart, brain,
bones, and joints working well so we look good and
feel great forever.
INtRoductIoN 
Introduction
As individuals, making small differences to lifestyle not only
enhances well-being, but it may also increase lifespan. In a
recent survey by Cambridge University of people aged over
45, simply eating a single apple or pear every day seemed
to equate with an extra two years of life. Not smoking added
five years; moderate exercise and eating five portions of
fruit and veg a day three more each.
Lifestyle changes don’t have to entail deprivation to have an
impact on longevity. And often they come in the form of
treats—a glass of wine and a little fine dark chocolate, a
lunchtime massage, sociable nights out, and a funny movie
may add years to our lives as well as life to our years.
Since 1994, the New England Centenarian Study has been
monitoring people who live to at least 100 to discover the
secrets of successful aging. In doing so, it has disproved the
theory that the older we grow, the sicker we become. To the
contrary, it reveals that the older we get, the healthier we
have been. Seventy-five percent of centenarians live
independently to the age of 96. Factors they share include
a lean body, years without smoking, destressing skills,
and a history of giving birth after 35 (birth after 40 equates
with a four times greater chance of living to 100!) And, of
course, good genes. The secret might be to take the advice
of the principal investigator for the study, Dr. Thomas Perls:
instead of wondering how to stay young, we should think
about how to age well. Here are 1,001 tips to start us off.
Susannah Marriott Cornwall, England 2007

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Eating naturally
Take a natural approach to food
and enjoy the
gourmet experience. A diet that benefits the heart and keeps the brain
youthful encourages you to add variety to your plate—to feast on ripe
fruit and vegetables, herbs and spices, and to luxuriate in the taste of
well-raised meat and wild fish bought fresh and prepared simply. Natural
foods contain a startling number of antiaging ingredients. These include
heart-friendly fats, protective plant substances, and youth-preserving
antioxidants that can neutralize free radicals—the unstable molecules
that kickstart the body’s aging processes prematurely and are increased
in the body by exposure to stress, pollution, UV rays, cigarette smoke,
and unhealthy fats.
 eating naturally
Natural nutrition
Eating food in as close to its natural state as possible helps
ensure maximum exposure to youth-enhancing nutrients,
many of which are lost during storage, processing, and
cooking. It also reduces your exposure to artificial additives
used to enhance the flavor, texture, color, and shelf-life
of processed foods, from preprepared meals to diet dishes.
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Five a day Color combos
Keep looking and feeling young A rainbow of colors on the plate
and help ward off diseases of aging, ensures you are getting a good intake
Eat unprocessed seasonal fruit to make
from Alzheimer’s to stroke and heart of plant chemicals. Naturally deep the most of its antiaging properties.
disease, by eating more fruit and green, yellow, and red foods contain
vegetables. They are rich in antioxidant carotenoids that boost minerals, antioxidant compounds,
antioxidants, and the biologically immunity and offer protection and other plant nutrients that are
active ingredients of plant pigments against heart disease, cancer, DNA destroyed by processing.
and flavorings have antiaging damage, and age-related sight
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properties, too. Aim to eat a problems. Include peppers, broccoli,
minimum of five portions of fruit spinach, sweet potatoes, carrots, and
and vegetables daily—and up to pumpkin in your diet, plus extra- Grow your own
nine if you can. virgin olive oil to aid absorption. The best way to ensure the freshest,
most flavorful organic fruit and
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vegetables is to grow them yourself.
Even a city balcony can provide a
Fitting in fruit Fresh is best good supply of tomatoes, salad
To boost the number of fruit Choose ripe, seasonal fruit and leaves, herbs, and soft fruit.
servings you eat each day, slice fresh vegetables and grains in their whole
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fruit or spoon soaked dried fruit form to ensure maximum flavor
onto morning muesli. Snack on while retaining vitamins and
grapes, dried fruit and berries, and Increasing variety
eat an apple or banana midmorning Diversity is the key to a healthy
or afternoon. Follow meals with a diet, since no one food can provide
fruit salad, baked or poached fruit, all the nutrients and antioxidants
or treat yourself to pieces of fruit the body needs. Be adventurous and
dipped in fine dark melted chocolate. introduce new foods when you can.