- Almonds: anti-inflammatory; heart healthy; lowers cholesterol; boosts energy
- Apples: cancer fighter; promotes digestive health; lowers cholesterol
- Artichokes: high in antioxidants, good for digestive health and gallbladder function, promotes liver health.
- Asparagus: brain- and memory-booster, cancer fighter
- Avocados: cancer fighter; regulates blood pressure; lowers cholesterol, promotes smooth, healthy skin
- Beets: lowers blood pressure, eliminates toxins, promotes sexual health
- Bell peppers: promotes healthy eyes and prevents cataracts; improves brain function.
- Blueberries: anti-inflammatory, promote heart health, improve brain function and memory, preserve eyesight
- Broccoli: cancer fighter; promotes healthy bones, skin and heart
- Buckwheat: boosts heart health, controls blood sugar, prevents diabetes
- Carrots: protects eyes from macular degeneration and cataracts, lowers risk of heart disease and stroke, fights cancer
- Cauliflower: protects against arthritis and diabetes, fights cancer, detoxes liver
- Cherries: boosts heart health, anti-inflammatory, pain reducer, eases gout and arthritis
- Chicken: promotes thyroid health, boosts heart health, prevents bone loss
- Chili peppers: boosts metabolism, fights cancer
- Dark chocolate: boosts HDL cholesterol, regulates blood sugar, anti-inflammatory.
- Cinnamon: anti-inflammatory, promotes digestive health, pain reliever, prevents diabetes
- Coconut oil: lowers cholesterol, antibacterial
- Cranberries: promotes heart and oral health, cancer fighter, prevents urinary infections
- Edamame: anti-inflammatory, regulates blood sugar, lowers cholesterol reduction
- Eggs: breast cancer fighter, promotes eye health
- Flaxseed: promotes heart and brain health, cancer fighter, lowers cholesterol reduction
- Garlic: anti-inflammatory, promotes heart health, regulates blood pressure
- Ginger: ovarian cancer fighter, anti-inflammatory, pain reliever, promotes good digestion
- Grapes: lowers cholesterol, promotes kidney, eye and heart health
- Green tea: boosts metabolism, cancer-fighter, anti-inflammatory, boosts brain and heart health
- Honey: sore throat soother, cough suppressant, anti viral, supports immune system.
- Kale: cancer fighter, lowers cholesterol, boosts eye health
- Lentils: promotes heart health
- Lemons: boosts immunity, supports good digestion, promotes skin health
- Oatmeal: lowers cholesterol, controls blood sugar
- Olive oil: lowers cholesterol, cancer fighter, regulates blood pressure
- Onions: prevents ulcers, cancer fighter
- Miso: promotes breast health, boosts immunity, promotes digestive health
- Pistachios: promotes heart and skin health, boosts immunity
- Pomegranate: anti-inflammatory, boosts heart, prostate and brain health
- Potatoes: promotes brain and thyroid health, lowers blood pressure
- Pumpkin: promotes eye health and lung health
- Quinoa: good for blood sugar regulation, heart healthy
- Raspberries: fights cancer of the skin, lung, liver, and esophagus; anti-inflammatory
- Red cabbage: good for skin and brain health; fights cancer
- Red kidney beans: good for brain and digestive health
- Salmon: fights cancer, promotes brain, heart, joint and eye health, fights inflammation
- Spinach: fights cancer, boosts brain health, supports immune system
- Strawberries: fights cancer, promotes skin health
- Sweet potatoes: good for blood pressure regulation, boosts immunity, promotes heart and skin health
- Tomatoes: fights cancer, reduces cholesterol, promotes skin health
- Tuna: good for cardiovascular, eye and brain health
- Walnuts: good for heart and skin health, fights breast and prostate cancer
- Yogurt: supports healthy immune system, promotes colon and bone health
The Top 50 Anti-Aging Foods
on February 14, 2013
By Anna Dickens