Some people believe that aging is inevitable and that to stay young forever is impossible. But, the science of aging is continually advancing and we are gradually learning what can be done to stay young or at least a little younger forever.
As you get older, time takes a toll on your body. There are things that you can do to stay young with healthy choices and habits. You can take control of how much and fast the aging process works, while possibly reversing some of the damages that may already be done.
Follow these steps to reverse the process and make healthy choices to stay young.

Instructions: 1. Exercise regularly. As you get older, age can rob you of your original aerobic capacity. If you can just do 30 minutes of a moderate activity for three or four times each week, you can retain that original capacity. The activities do not have to be strenuous at all, just simply moving around and getting your heart pumping. 2. Get enough sleep. When resting, your body uses the necessary nutrients that you have consumed during the day to repair any damage that has been done from your activities. When you don't get enough sleep, it keeps your immune system from doing the job that it is supposed to do and could possibly leave your body in disrepair.

3. Eat foods high in antioxidants. Every day you should eat five to nine servings of foods like broccoli, red peppers, cauliflower and other yellow, red and green vegetables that are high in vitamins A, C and E that fight the oxidation that damages your tissues.

4. Get regular health screenings. Make sure that your immunizations are up to date and have regular health exams that are recommended for your age. If you are a woman, regular preventive tests are required like mammograms. Go to the doctor if you have any other health related issues.

5. Maintain a healthy cholesterol level. You should try to keep your cholesterol level under 200 by making healthy changes in your diet to stay young. Follow a diet that will limit your fat intake to 30 percent or less of your total weight.
Eat lots of fiber. Dietary fiber is important to staying young and fit. Beans, broccoli and bran help to lower cholesterol, aids in digestion and actually defends against some types of cancer.

6. Control your stress. Many diseases are linked to stress, as well as some degenerative conditions that are associated with aging. Accept situations that you can't change and deal with the ones that you can.

7. Don't smoke. Period. It increases free radicals, which lead to cell death, it wrecks your lungs so you can't exercise and it affects your social life.

8. Eat your essential fatty acids. The American Heart Association recommends you eat fish twice a week to get enough omega 3, omega 6 and DHA into the body. It helps cells be flexible and permeable and has been shown to be an important part of the cells of the nervous system, blood vessels and skin. That means they help with the wrinkles and the brains, isn't that perfect? Oily fish is the best, but not because it's deep fried with chips.

9. Maintain a healthy weight. Overweight is hard on the joints and it's hard on the heart that has to work overtime to carry the extra weight. Not only that, but fat can sit in nasty places like artery walls where it stops blood from getting where it needs to go. Heart attacks are not very youthful. Underweight isn't much better. Bones and muscles get robbed of building material to give the rest of the body energy. It wrecks your kidneys and can lead to early menopause and osteoporosis. 10. Include lots of colorful vegetables in your diet, especially orange and yellow ones, which are a high source of beta-carotene. Beta-carotene is an antioxidant which means it can fight free radicals in the body.

It helps the body's cells stay on a normal healthy path rather than wander off and die or become cancerous. Beta carotene also is converted into vitamin A, which helps keep your skin young and your eyes working.

11. Work your heart. Cardiovascular exercise, also known as aerobic exercise is a workout that makes your heart muscle pump a little harder for a period of time. By keeping the heart muscle in shape, it is less likely to deteriorate. By keeping the heart muscle strong and pumping, blood pressure is lowered and blood flows to more places in the body. Blood flow to the skin, the brain and the digestive system, are healthy, youthful body attributes.

12. Stay strong. Do weight training at least twice a week. Strong muscles lead to strong bones, which don't break as easily. Broken hips make you feel old. Strong muscles give you independence to do simple things like open jars and chop wood.

13. Balance. Balance deteriorates with age, but it can be trained and maintained. Practicing balance by doing yoga or dancing or even standing on one leg in the kitchen is great neuromuscular exercise. In other words it keeps the body and brain in touch. If you have balance you reduce your chances of falling and testing your bones for strength.

14. Think. Use your brain to learn, do crossword puzzles, math problems or simply read stimulating material. If you don't use it, you lose it. Research has consistently shown that older adults who are regularly stimulating their brains are less prone to mental deterioration.
15. Be young. Laugh, dance, visit, and explore new things. Attitude is everything.