Aging is a natural process that no one can defy. However, we can still delay aging and maintain youthfulness by relying on external factors. Below are some recommended anti-aging foods and Chinese medicinal herbs.
Recommended Anti-Aging Foods
1. Honey
For women, choosing bread with honey for breakfast is a wise choice. However, it is best to use dark-colored honey instead of light-colored ones. According to a study conducted in the United States, dark-colored honey is the best defender of human cells because it contains abundant antioxidants and substances that protect cells. This substance is beneficial for purifying the blood and preventing cardiovascular diseases. Honey is the ideal skincare product. It provides the skin with nutrients, making it elastic and capable of killing or inhibiting bacteria on the skin's surface. It also eliminates skin pigmentation and promotes the regeneration of epithelial tissue.
2. Oats
Oats, rich in protein, calcium, riboflavin, thiamine, and other components, are the only grain that ranks among the top ten antioxidant foods. Consuming a moderate amount of oats daily can accelerate metabolism, amino acid synthesis, and cell renewal. Drinking a bowl of oatmeal every day will make you radiate with beauty!
3. Red Dates
When it comes to fighting skin aging, red dates cannot be ignored. Red dates contain abundant sugars and vitamins, which have strong beautifying effects. Consuming red dates regularly helps the skin fight against aging, resulting in a fair, delicate, and elastic complexion.
4. Lemon
Lemon is a beauty gem among fruits due to its rich content of vitamin C and calcium, which are used in cosmetics and skincare products. Its main beauty effects include whitening and cleansing the skin, removing blemishes, firming and moisturizing the skin, relieving fatigue, and combating skin aging.
5. Cucumber
Cucumber has a fresh, crisp, and fragrant taste, making it highly regarded by those seeking weight loss. It is rich in various sugars and amino acids necessary for growth, development, and vital activities of the body. It also provides abundant vitamins to the skin and muscles, supplying sufficient nutrients and effectively combating skin aging, reducing the appearance of wrinkles. Its rich fruit acid cleanses and whitens the skin, eliminates sunburn and freckles, and relieves skin allergies.
Recommended Anti-Aging Chinese Medicinal Herbs
1. Ginkgo Biloba
Ginkgo biloba is non-toxic, with a pungent taste and warm nature. It enters the heart, spleen, and kidney meridians and has the effects of warming the kidneys, consolidating essence, reducing urination, warming the spleen, stimulating appetite, and collecting saliva.
Traditional Chinese medicine and herbal literature from various eras have stated that ginkgo biloba can tonify the kidneys, enhance sexual function, consolidate essence, reduce urination, warm the spleen, stop diarrhea, improve complexion, and improve memory. Modern pharmacological research has proven that ginkgo biloba contains various compounds that have significant therapeutic effects on people with cold intolerance due to yang deficiency.
2. Astragalus
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that "the spleen is the foundation of postnatal essence." Li Gao, a representative figure in spleen-stomach theory, believes that astragalus can "tonify the vital energy and strengthen the three burners." Huang Gongxiu in the Qing Dynasty called astragalus the "most tonifying herb for vital energy." Modern research has found that astragalus not only dilates coronary arteries, improves myocardial blood supply, and enhances immune function but also slows down the aging process of cells.
3. Sanqi Ginseng
Sanqi ginseng has the effects of promoting blood circulation, dispersing blood stasis, lowering blood pressure, softening blood vessels, bi-directionally regulating blood sugar, enhancing the body's immune function, delaying aging, and is an excellent nourishing herb. Sanqi ginseng also has a strong anti-free radical oxidation effect. Long-term consumption of Sanqi ginseng powder manifests as plump and firm muscles, thick and glossy hair, clean and spotless skin, good sleep, and abundant energy.
4. Goji Berry
"The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica" states that goji berries can "strengthen tendons and bones, lighten the body, and resist aging and cold and heat." "Compendium of Materia Medica" praises goji berries as "enabling the replenishment of qi, blood, yang, and yin." Goji berries have a similar "adaptogenic" effect as ginseng and can also improve arterial sclerosis, lower blood sugar, and promote the regeneration of liver cells. Consuming goji berries enhances physical fitness and delays aging.
5. Rhodiola
Rhodiola was not recorded in ancient herbal literature and was only discovered recently as a new anti-aging star. It has the effects of replenishing vital energy, clearing heat, detoxifying, stopping bleeding, calming the mind, and enhancing intelligence. Modern pharmacological and clinical research has found that rhodiola has similar tonifying effects as ginseng, can resist hypoxia, cold, fatigue, radiation, viruses, inhibit the growth of cancer cells, improve work efficiency, and delay aging.
