10 No-Fail Secrets to Eternal Youth that You Need to Know Now

By Emily L. Foley, Illustrated by Ammiel Mendoza, Refinery29

We're all for aging gracefully, but we can't say we're in a hurry to get there anytime soon. Sure, there's nothing to fear about getting older, but we also don't want to look like we're 60 when we celebrate our 40th birthday. So basically, we just want whatever magical elixir Helen Mirren has been guzzling.

Turns out, there actually are ways to slow down the aging process - or at least stop it from speeding up. And while Mirren might not be spilling her secrets anytime soon, we found three health and wellness pros who are willing to dish on how you can put the brakes on that whole aging thing with nothing more than a few simple swaps to your skin-care routine, diet, and lifestyle. Read on to learn their tricks for staying (basically) forever young.

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"It's becoming increasingly clear that the food we eat acts as a sort of messenger in our bodies, delivering information to our cells that affects how they function," says Lipman. "Although there is not one right diet for everyone, as we are all different, try to eat as closely to nature as possible. The further removed food is from its source, the fewer health benefits it will contain. The fewer benefits it ... more
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Get Back To Nature

"It's becoming increasingly clear that the food we eat acts as a sort of messenger in our bodies, delivering information to our cells that affects how they function," says Lipman. "Although there is not one right diet for everyone, as we are all different, try to eat as closely to nature as possible. The further removed food is from its source, the fewer health benefits it will contain. The fewer benefits it contains, the more likely it is to trigger the undesirable functions associated with aging: heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, diabetes, and so on."
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