More than 7 foods that age you faster than your age!

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In his book, The Antioxidant Prescription, Dr. Bryce Wylde addresses what science has discovered to be the true underlying cause of disease: free radicals. Avoid the damage by keeping these 10 foods and ingredients out of your diet.


1. Fast Food
You don’t need me to go into more detail about fast foods. Avoid ’em

2. Hydrogenated Fats
As we all know by now, these fats must be avoided because they cause heart disease. They’ve been used for years in snack foods, bakery items and margarine. Avoid buying cookies, crackers, baked goods or anything else that has hydrogenated oil or trans-fats on the ingredients list.

3. Olestra
Olestra is a synthetic fat used to make non-fat potato chips and other snacks. You’d think, with all the bad rap fat has garnered, a non-fat fat would be great. But Olestra has been shown to bind with fat-soluble vitamins A, E, D and K and carotenoids—our invaluable antioxidant nutrients—and to eliminate them from the system.

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7 foods to avoid while traveling

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In places where the water isn’t safe to drink, abide by this rule: Boil it, peel it, cook it—or forget it. Avoid salads and other raw fruits and vegetables, except those that can be peeled (and that aren’t then exposed to tap water), since the peel protects against contamination.

For many of us, eating is one of the best parts of traveling. But this thing we do three (or more) times a day comes with the inherent risk of illness, especially in places where food and water is more likely to be contaminated with bacteria, parasites, or viruses. So we’ve compiled these tips to help you outsmart Montezuma, keep Delhi away from your belly, and fend off the much worse things that can hitchhike their way into your system during mealtimes.