How to look 10 years younger in 10 days

Would you like to feel and look like you did 10 years ago? It's not about magic tricks or anything impossible. There are some simple tips to help you turn back time a little.

1. Increases calcium intake

Especially after 45 years, when the risk of developing osteoporosis increases, you must ensure that you have a sufficient calcium intake (1500 mg/day). It can be from food (dairy products, green vegetables, soy, almonds, whole grains, dried figs) or from food supplements, if and in what amount your doctor thinks you need. Vitamin D is added to calcium, present in food, produced by the body under the action of sunlight or from food supplements.

2. Drink green tea

Many consider green tea a kind of elixir of youth, and rightly so: it contains substances that annihilate free radicals that lead to aging and cause diseases such as cancer. One-two cups a day (careful, not after 6pm) can do wonders for your health.

3. Take the vitamin of youth

Vitamin C is essential for the body. It protects cells from free radicals, which lead to premature aging, and helps the body manufacture collagen, the protein that keeps the skin firm and elastic. So, eat as many foods as possible that contain it, such as citrus fruits, tomatoes, sea buckthorn, rose hips, currants, etc. Also use face or body creams containing vitamin C, and the effect will be visible.

Especially after 45 years, when the risk of developing osteoporosis increases, you must ensure that you have a sufficient calcium intake (1500 mg/day). It can be from food (dairy products, green vegetables, almonds, whole grains, dried figs) or from food supplements, if and in what amount your doctor thinks you need. Vitamin D is added to calcium, present in food, produced by the body under the action of sunlight or from food supplements.

4. Give your body what it needs

As the body ages, it needs other nutrients. If at 20 you still allow yourself culinary excesses and indulge in chips and fast food, as time goes by you need to eat healthier. Don't forget the five or more servings of vegetables and fruits.

5. Choose to cook with steam

This has been found to be the healthiest method of food processing. If fried or grilled, they can cause inflammation, aging the body's cells faster

6. Take Female Ginseng

Dong Quai is a famous plant in Asia, being used for thousands of years in the traditional medicine of the area. It is also called "Female Ginseng" because it helps women maintain their well-being, fertility and health into old age. The plant helps to eliminate the symptoms of menopause (hot flashes, night sweats and vaginal dryness), increases fertility in women in the fertile period and prolongs it, regulates the menstrual cycle, reduces the unpleasant conditions that appear in premenstrual syndrome, stimulates and relaxes the uterine muscles.

7. Keep learning

You can learn to work on the computer, a foreign language, more about gardening (be it in the balcony), knitting or anything else. It's all about not leaving your mind unoccupied or busying yourself only with routine things. Otherwise, Alzheimer's and other degenerative diseases will make way.

8. Practice sports

Movement ensures a good mood, but also the health of the body. In addition, if we exercise and increase muscle mass, the flesh will remain firmer and will not sag, keeping its youthful appearance longer.

9. Leave your worries behind

Fear and worry make you feel older and have less energy. Try to accept that you can't control everything that happens to you and let go of your worries. Stress has been found to be one of the determining factors that lead to illness. Many conditions are triggered or worsened by a poor mental state. Besides, nothing ages us more than pessimism. If, however, you will learn to taste the small joys that life offers you, you will rejuvenate with your eyes.

10. Get enough rest

You need between 7 and 9 hours of sleep per night. If you go to bed late and don't get enough sleep, it will show not only on your face, but also in your overall health.

11. Maintain ideal weight

It doesn't mean starving yourself or looking like a malnourished mannequin, but you shouldn't be too much over your ideal weight (eg for a 1.60m woman, this is 52 kilograms, but it can vary from 47 to 57 kilograms ). Excess fat leads to an increased risk of cancer, heart disease, atherosclerosis, etc.

12. If you smoke, it's time to quit

Surely you have heard and see, every day, all kinds of warnings on cigarette packages. They are not put there by people who do not want to let you enjoy life, but precisely to prevent the bad consequences of this habit. Statistics show that one out of four deaths occurring in the first period of life is caused by smoking. It is estimated that smokers could live 21 years longer if they quit this habit early. Not to mention the unpleasant appearance of the skin and the yellowing of the teeth, which make you look older than your actual age.