The secret of Italian women's youth: 4 simple habits that you need to borrow

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Many women in Italy it is possible to live up to 85 years on average, while maintaining beauty and youth. Diet plays a key role in this, according to nutritionist Manuela Mapelli. She named four simple habits to adopt to look fresh and young.

Purple color

According to the expert, one of the most useful are fruits and vegetables blue or purple. These include eggplants, grapes, figs, blueberries and blackberries. Mapelli emphasized that such foods contain a large amount of polyphenols – substances that slow down aging.

Red, green and orange foods

In addition, healthy red and orange products: tomatoes, carrots, peppers, pomegranate, pumpkin, oranges and apricots. They are rich in carotenoids, which protect the eyes and skin. Green foods (kiwi, broccoli, parsley) are rich in vitamin C.

Omega-3

Mapelli recommends not forgetting the presence of good fats, omega- 3, which are found in fatty fish (cod, salmon, herring, anchovies), in nuts (walnuts, almonds) and in seeds (flax, chia, pumpkin).

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