Diet as Treatment

• Diet is important for longevity.
  
  What we eat impacts every aspect of our health, including how fast we age. Eating a healthy and balanced diet is important on many levels, and it has been proven to have an impact on aging, according to Dr. Stanley S. Bass, author of "Super Nutrition, Super Health."
  
  Individual health determines specific needs and diets should be adjusted based on your own factors and goals. However, according to "La Vita Sobra," or "The Temperate Life," by Luigi Cornaro, reducing food to minimal quantities and eating a very strict diet extended the life of the author by more than 60 years. While his situation was extreme, there is plenty of evidence to support the idea that eating too much high-fat and high-calorie food will reduce our life expectancy.
  
  A good anti-aging diet includes plenty of produce, healthy proteins and oils, fish, nuts and whole grains, according to Goodhousekeeping's Best Anti-Aging Diet.
  
  

Skin Treatment

• Our skin is the telltale sign of our age and consumers spend billions of dollars a year trying to look younger. As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. One of the most important things we can do prevent wrinkles and other signs of skin aging is to wear sunscreen. According to Yourskindoctor.com, dermatologists recommend a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 15 worn year-round and reapplied throughout the day.
  
  Skin health can also be improved and maintained from the inside by staying hydrated. Vitamin C, 500 to 1000 mg a day, and vitamin E supplements, 400 IU a day, have been shown to keep skin looking young and rejuvenated.
  
  Regular exfoliation makes look skin younger by encouraging new cell growth when the top, dead layers are removed. Body brushing can be done with a natural brush. Facial exfoliation should be done with gentle exfoliators.
  
  Lotions that contain vitamin A and C, soy, peptides, oo-Q10, retinoids and hydroxy acids can help smooth fine lines and wrinkles and improve skin condition.
  
  

Exercise

• Exercise is important for getting and staying in shape and losing weight, but also for helping the anti-aging process. In fact, regular exercise can add at least four years to your life, according to a 2005 study by Oscar H. Franco in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
  
  Regular exercise can include a brisk 20-30 minute walk, four to five times a week. Adding weight training is beneficial too.
  
  The three categories of exercise that help with anti-aging, according to Ayushveda.com, are flexibility, cardiovascular and strength. Yoga is wonderful for stretching and cardiovascular exercise can include brisk walking and swimming.
  
  Strength-training helps build balance and sustain bone mass. Focus on strengthening abdominal muscles, chest, shoulders, buttocks, legs and upper and lower back with exercises such as squats, leg extensions, hamstring curls, squats, chest presses, reverse crunches and back extensions.
  
  

Lifestyle

• Lyfestyle affects aging.
  
  The health risks of smoking are well known. If you're worried about looking older or living longer, you shouldn't smoke. Mediation is helpful for cessation of smoking and even if you don't smoke, practicing relaxation techniques such as meditative yoga helps with myriad health issues and promotes anti-aging.
  
  Sleep is more difficult as we age, but also equally important to staying fit and young. Meditation, reducing caffeine intake and moderating alcohol with help with sleep problems and promote longevity too.