Want To Feel Younger than Your Age?
At some point it hits you.
Usually in your thirties.
If youâre lucky, not until your forties.
You start to feel your age.
You canât pull all-nighters anymore. More than a couple of drinks hits you like a freight train. You donât bounce back as quickly from injury. Youâd rather sit and watch than play in the game.
Is this what youâre stuck with?
Is life downhill from here?
Stacey Chillemi doesnât think so. Sheâs the author of The Ultimate Guide to Living Longer and Feeling Younger. Stacey has been coaching people on how to get healthier for over two decades and sharing the resources sheâs discovered on TheCompleteHerbalGuide.com, one of the largest natural health websites in the U.S.
In this YBTV interview, she talks to us about what we should be eating, how much we should be sleeping, and how we should be caring for our skin and hair.
What Youâll Learn
Stacey Chillemi doesnât want you to spend a fortune on cosmetics.
You donât need to cover up those wrinkles or dye away those gray hairs. Stop masking aging. Start treating it instead.
A few simple things make us age faster:
- Poor nutrition
- Poor sleep
- Toxins
- Stress
When you start eating better, sleeping better, detoxifying, and managing stress, youâll start to feel (and look) SO much better.
So letâs start with the first element of agingâŚ
Anti-Aging Nutrition
A lot of people donât realize, but what we put in our bodies has a huge impact on how we feel and how we look. The different foods we eat affect our food, our energy, our bodies, a lot of different things weâre not aware of.â
Stacey isnât a fan of the word âdiet.â
âPeople donât like to be told what to eat and what to do,â she says.
She encourages everyone to simply eat healthily. That means fruits, vegetables, fish for those omega 3s, the right proteins, and lots of greens.
Although you want to get the bulk of your nutrition through whole foods, supplements can be useful. For example, even though blueberries have antioxidants in them, youâd have to eat a lot of them in order to get the amount you need.
Stacey recommends vitamin D, as itâs hard to get enough vitamin D from the sun. Vitamin D supplements work wonders for the skin. They keep skin moist and youthful, whereas dryness can cause lines and wrinkles.
Vitamin E is another great supplement for the skin. It can speed healing and treat eczema. Only take it once in a while, though. You donât want to take too much.
She also recommends biotin and B vitamins for thicker, longer hair that doesnât go gray as fast.
Sleep to Stay Young
âWeâre always on the go-go-go. Most people donât know how to relax,â Stacey says.
That carries over into nighttime, where weâre sleeping less and getting poorer quality sleep.
Making it worse, we produce less melatonin as we age, so it gets harder to fall asleep.
Not getting your full 8 hours means your body doesnât have enough time to renew itself. You can find yourself waking up with bags under your lines and visible wrinkles. You may even find yourself getting sick more easily.
To get better quality sleep, try taking magnesium and potassium before bed. Theyâll relax the body and make you feel sleepy.
You can also use lavender essential oil on your pillow or in a diffuser. Stacey enjoys a lavender Epsom salt bath before bed.
Other options include taking melatonin or a few drops of passionflower, also known as âthe natural tranquilizer.â
Tackling Toxins
âIf [you] can detoxify [your] body on a consistent level, youâll see a difference in your energy; youâll see a difference in your skin. Youâll see a difference in the way you feel overall. Your metabolism will increase. You might experience some weight loss,â Stacey says.
Thatâs why she recommends detoxifying every couple of months.
She recommends milk thistle, to help the digestive system, as well as turmeric and dandelion tea. You can also increase the fiber in your diet or try a whole-body cleanse.
The Aging Effects of Stress
âA lot of times you can age quicker just by the amount of stress that you have on your shoulders,â Stacey says. âSo sometimes you have to figure out ways to decrease the stress in your life. Itâs easy to say, but very hard to do.â
She suggests taking 15 minutes in the morning to meditate, do a little yoga, or practice relaxation techniques. Try to find ways to simplify your life.
Attitude really is everything. Your mind can make you feel your ageâor half your age. Stacey concludes:
Positive thinking is the key to feeling great and feeling younger.â
Jump to Topics of Interest
2:06Â How aging hits us and why cosmetics isnât the answer
2:54Â Importance of diet and nutrition
3:46Â How to eat healthily
5:20Â Ways to reduce stress
7:12Â Food is the foundation
8:23Â Why you should detox
9:24Â Different ways to detox
10:23Â Anti-aging skin and haircare
12:44Â Importance of sleep
13:55Â Ways to sleep better
15:25Â Surprising anti-aging tips
16:32 Staceyâs work at The Complete Herbal Guide
17:29Â Aging is an attitude
ABOUT STACEY CHILLEMI
Stacey has been coaching people on how to get healthier for over two decades. Sheâs a prolific author, with 20 books under her name, including The Ultimate Guide to Living Longer and Feeling Younger. Sheâs the founder of The Complete Herbal Guide, one of the largest natural health websites in the U.S.