While there are many factors like environment, family history, and age that can affect how long you live, there’s a lot of research to back up the very strong connection between diet and longevity.
A healthy diet paired with a few Superfoods or Secret Nutrients available from Mother Earth, your path to longevity is assured.
Bee Pollen
Those miraculous tiny golden-brown pebbles produced by honeybees, who take pollen from flowers to their hive include all the nutrients the human body needs. Pretty amazing right ?
Bee poleen, a food that has been formally recognised by Germany as medicine, reduces inflamation, detoxifies the system and lowers stress levels. It even reprograms your genetic code for greater immunity, making it an essential ingredient in a logenvity diet.
A great organic farm for locally sourced honey and bee pollen I recommend Northumberland Bee and Honey Farm.
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Chlorella
Chlorella is a deep green, chlorophyll-rich algae that boasts a phenomenally nutrient dense profile.
Packed with protein, fatty acids, antioxidants and minerals, it was identified in the 1940’s as a potential solution for feeding large populations with limited resources. It also reduces oxidative stress, which has been proven to slow down the aging process.
Read more about Nutrition here.
Cocoa
Cacao, or raw chocolate, is a seed packing high levels of antioxidants and flavonoids. Snacking on cacao nibs is a delicious way to promote better nerve function and digestion, while reducing your risk of coronary disease and stroke.
Since cocoa is rich in phytonutrients but low in fat and sugar, the calories you get from cocoa powder will be packed with healthy chemicals.
It has also been shown to boost collagen levels, giving it potent anti-aging effects.
Cocoa is mostly consumed as chocolate, including milk and dark chocolate (white chocolate doesn’t have cocoa). The higher the percentage of cocoa in the chocolate, the more likely it is to produce any health benefits.
In addition to chocolate, cocoa is sold as cocoa beans, nibs, liquor, powder, and husk. Cocoa can also be supplemented in capsules. There are also topical products with cocoa and cocoa butter.
Read here my other post about foods that boost brain function.
Manuka Honey
Manuka honey is not like standard honey.
One of the world’s richest natural antimicrobial sources, the honey produced by bees pollinating New Zealand’s Manuka bush is an essential longevity food. These flowers bloom for only six to 12 weeks out of the entire year, so sourcing the honey is truly a frenzy.
It reduces allergies, boosts immunity, and prevents and treats a whole range of ailments, from digestive issues to gingivitis.
Keep in mind that the darker the honey is, the more nutritionally dense it is. According to the Unique Manuka Factor Honey Association, which tests and verifies manuka honey brands as authentic, the nectar and bees give manuka honey its unique health properties.
Coconut
Among the versatile coconut’s many benefits, its medium chain fatty acids make it a natural addition to any longevity diet.
These type of fatty acids are digested more easily than saturated fats and go straight to the liver to be used as energy. This means fat from coconuts is much less likely to be stored as body fat.
For more about Coconut and it’s benefits including Coconut Oil read this post.
Spirulina
The benefits of consuming these blue-green fresh water algae have been studied thousands of times. Ground into powder and added to foods or simply mixed with water, spirulina is strongly favoured but worth it.
It detoxifies heavy metals, helps prevent cancer, reduces blood pressure and cholesterol and lowers inflammation, all these being life extending benefits.
Stress less, exercise more, practice mindfulness and spend time with your loved ones and don’t forget that healthy foods boost energy and create a happier life for you and your family.
