Your Diet Is Aging You Faster Than You Think

If you eat well and your skin still looks tired, your muscles feel softer, and nothing in your routine explains it, the antinutrients in grains, legumes, and leafy greens might be the reason. Phytates block zinc your skin needs for collagen. Lectins drive inflammation that pulls resources away from repair. And most women have been told to eat half the protein they actually need. Here's what the research shows, and what changed when I stopped fighting my own diet.