Did you know that one of the best ways to beat aging is through your diet? Incorporating nutrient dense foods can help you get smoother, younger looking skin, thicker hair, and help keep your bones and joints strong! Plus some anti-aging foods such as fish and green tea can provide brain boosting benefits, which becomes super important as we age. Here, we’ve collected some of our favorite anti-aging recipes, all packed with healthy and delicious foods that can help you prevent and reverse signs of aging. You will love the way these recipes make you look and feel, plus they taste delicious!
While there are lots of expensive creams and treatments that make all kinds of promises, one of the simplest and most natural ways you can fight aging is through what you eat. Making sure to include these antioxidant and vitamin packed foods into your daily diet can naturally help you fight aging, from smoothing wrinkles and hydrating your body, to strengthening your joints. Best of all, most of these foods are found in your local supermarket or farmer’s market. Here is a list of our favorite recipes made with some of the healthiest foods on the planet. Make sure to try some or all of them as part of your anti-aging diet.
- Blueberries
Blueberries are truly a superfood that should be part of your anti-aging diet. They are low in calories and loaded with nutrients like vitamin C, fiber, and potassium, and blueberries are loaded with antioxidants! Plus they taste delicious in any of these anti-aging recipes!
BLUEBERRY HIGH PROTEIN MUFFINS (GLUTEN-FREE)
Crazy for Blueberry? We’ve got you covered with 3 more delicious recipes!
Blueberry, Banana, Nut Butter Baked Oats
Blueberry Cheesecake Scones (Gluten-Free, Ketogenic)
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- Spinach
Spinach has so much going for it! It’s full of nutrients and antioxidants as well as providing an excellent source of vitamin C! Incorporating spinach in your anti-aging diet is important for strong, healthy teeth, nails, and bones. Here are our favorite spinach anti aging recipes that include both raw and cooked spinach.
HOMEMADE SPINACH GNOCCHI WITH PEA PESTO AND GREEN VEGETABLES
CRUSTLESS SPINACH QUICHE (DAIRY-FREE, PALEO, WHOLE 30)
Serious about your spinach? We’ve got 3 more recipes you’ve got to try!
Spinach Lasagna (Gluten-Free, Vegetarian)
- Collagen
If there’s one food you want to include in your anti-aging diet, it’s collagen. Supplementing with collagen can help with skin rehydration, help reduce wrinkles and hide cellulite, while helping you get stronger hair, nails and joints. You will want to include collagen into your daily diet, which shouldn’t be a problem considering how easy collagen is to use. You can mix it into any recipe without added taste or texture. Try some of these delicious anti-aging collagen recipes.
ISLAND LIME COLLAGEN COLADA SMOOTHIE
ROASTED CARROT SOUP WITH COLLAGEN BOOST
Crazy for Collagen? So are we! That’s why we have 2 more Collagen recipes coming right up!
Almond Butter Collagen Granola (Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, High Fiber)
Cashew Coconut Collagen Yogurt (Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Low Carb)
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- Fish
Fish is an amazing source of protein and other nutrients, and especially Omega-3s which have incredible anti-inflammatory benefits. The nutrients in fish can help your skin and even help
prevent and fight Alzheimer’s disease and other declines in brain function. Salmon is one of our favorite foods to include in your anti-aging diet, but there are lots of other fish that you can include in your diet for anti-inflammatory and skin benefits.
GINGER MAPLE GLAZED SALMON (DAIRY-FREE, GLUTEN-FREE, LOW-CARB)
Fishing for more recipes? Try these!
Sumac Seared Mahi with Radish and Pepper Slaw
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- Turmeric
Turmeric is both delicious and anti-inflammatory. It’s one of the most powerful anti-inflammatory foods out there, and it’s super high in antioxidants. The antioxidants in turmeric can help reduce cell damage, helping your both the inside and outside of your body. Here are some delicious anti-aging recipes with turmeric:
ANTI-INFLAMMATORY SUPERFOOD TURMERIC BERRY SMOOTHIE
Staying on the Turmeric Train a little longer? Try these!
Turmeric Coconut Curry Soup (Gluten-Free, Low Sodium, Vegan)
Lemon Poppy Turmeric Doughnuts (Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free)
Baked Turmeric Veggie Fritters (Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Paleo, Vegetarian)
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- Avocados
Avocados are high in vitamin A, amino acids, healthy fats, and antioxidants, which can improve the health of your scalp and skin. Avocados also help in providing the body with antioxidants as well as helping increase the body’s antioxidant absorption. This can help prevent the spreading growth of free radicals which are believed to be the cause of aging. So eating some of these avocados in your anti-aging diet can mean less wrinkles and more youthful glow!
AVOCADO FRIES (GLUTEN-FREE, PALEO)
All about Avocado? Us too! Try these!
Avocado Cacao Pudding (Dairy-Free, Gluten-Free, Paleo, Vegan)
Fried Egg & Avocado Buckwheat Breakfast Pizza
Avocado Mousse (Keto, Paleo, Vegan)
- Green tea/Matcha
Matcha green tea powder is full of antioxidants and plenty of other useful amino acids that can benefit your entire body. Drinking or cooking with matcha can boost energy without the caffeine crash, improve cognitive focus and function, and help you burn more calories by helping with metabolism stimulation. So, make yourself a cup of Matcha tea with our Mindful Matcha and check out some of these other anti-aging recipes!
Feeling Extra Mindful? Try these 3 Mindful Matcha recipes!
Energizing Matcha Power Bites (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free)
Keto Matcha Superfood Ice Cream
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- Broccoli
Broccoli is full of important vitamins and minerals that can help revitalize your skin and keep your bones strong. Broccoli has tons of vitamin C which helps to build collagen and is key to l skin integrity, health, and appearance. The vitamin C in broccoli also works to fight free radicals and reduce the damage they cause in the body. Check out these different ways you can incorporate broccoli into your anti-aging diet!
CREAMY BROCCOLI STUFFED BUTTERNUT SQUASH (GLUTEN-FREE, HIGH-FIBER, VEGAN)
QUICK BROCCOLI SALAD WITH TAHINI DRESSING
Itching for more Broccoli? We’ve got you covered:
Vegan Cheezy Broccoli Fritters
- Mushrooms
Mushrooms should definitely be part of your anti-aging diet! Mushrooms contain high amounts of antioxidants that can help with the prevention of neurodegenerative diseases, as well as helping to prevent the effects of free radical damage. Plus, mushrooms are a great source of vitamin D, which is important for the health of your bones. Luckily there are so many different kinds of mushrooms, so feel free to experiment with different mushrooms in these mushroom anti-aging recipes.
QUICK MISO MUSHROOM TOFU SOBA NOODLE SOUP
We can’t get enough of mushrooms either! Try these 3 Mushroom recipes!
Sizzling Mushroom and Fennel Side
Open Faced Turkey Portobello Mushroom Burger
- Dark Chocolate / Cacao
Cacao is a delicious source antioxidants and flavanols which in particular can benefit your skin, an organ that shows the most visible signs of aging. Eating dark chocolate can help support the integrity and moisture of your skin. Plus, go ahead and indulge in some of these nutrient rich cacao recipes.
CHOCOLATE ALMOND BARK (KETO, PALEO, GLUTEN-FREE)
Obviously, here are more Dark Chocolate/Cacao recipes:
Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Energy Bites
Keto Dark Chocolate Coconut Bars
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- Acai / Maqui
Acai berries and maqui berries are often called superfoods due to their immense antioxidant content. The antioxidants in these superfruits help fight the free radicals that accumulate due to everyday consumption of food and exposure to environmental pollution. Incorporate these delicious berries into your anti-aging diet to help keep your skin healthy and wrinkle-free, and prevent the premature aging of your cells. Simply eat these berries plain or add acai and maqui to juices or your favorite smoothie bowl.
We could eat Acai all day too! More recipes for your enjoyment!
Acai, Strawberries and Chia Seeds Power Smoothie
Vegan Banana Berry Breakfast Pizza
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- Pineapple
Pineapples are rich in manganese, a mineral that is essential for the activation of the enzyme prolidase. Prolidase is important because it provides your body with proline, and this amino acid is what helps form collagen in the skin. So, by eating pineapple, you are giving your body a strong foundation for your skin, leading to stronger skin with better elasticity and smoothness.
Treat yourself to one of these delicious anti-aging pineapple recipes.
TURMERIC PINA COLADA SMOOTHIE (DAIRY-FREE, GLUTEN-FREE)
Pineapple is one of those fruits that really is delicious ALL year round. That said, here’s 4 more Pineapple recipes!
Asian Chicken Skewers with Bacon Wrapped Pineapple
Tropical No-Bun Turkey Burgers with Pineapple-Ginger Relish (Low-FODMAP)
Now it’s time to get cooking. Mix up these anti-aging recipes to get as many different types of nutrient dense foods as you can into your daily diet. From glowing skin to stronger bones, your entire body will benefit!
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