The latest secrets to longevity and anti-ageing

Diet: The Cornerstone of Longevity. It is no surprise that diet is an essential factor to health and longevity. So what should you be eating? It would seem that there are two "longevity capitals" - Okinawa, Japan, and Rugao County, a rural community four hours north of Shanghai - shared a nearly identical diet.
These long-lifers eat mostly fish, vegetables, mushrooms, seaweed, corn, and buckwheat - and virtually no meat. Scientists have confirmed the health benefits of a diet high in fish and vegetables and low in animal products. These centenarians are living examples, as they suffer from very little heart and liver disease and have negligible rates of cancer and degenerative diseases.

PYCNOGENOL: Pycnogenol is the trade name for a group of bioflavonoids called proanthocyanidins. Although these flavonoids can be extracted from various foods such as fruits, grains vegetables and grape seed, pycnogenol is derived under patent, from the French maritime pine tree (Pinus Maritima).

The proanthocyanidins in pycnogenol are powerful antioxidants and free radical scavengers. In this respect, pycnogenol is a supernutrient supplement. It has been found to be fifty times better than Vitamin E and twenty times better than Vitamin C in scavenging free radicals.

Pycnogenol has anti-ageing properties and is usually taken to boost the immune response and prevent the degenerative diseases of ageing, such as cancer, atherosclerosis, heart attack, arthritis and diabetes.

Pycnogenol is available in tablet form from most good health food stores.