Wrinkle-free meals

• Thursday August 24, 2006 in: Diet and Exercise Tag(s):

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  Several weeks ago, we heard about Mariah's strange diet, which only consists of purple foods such as but not limited to grapes and plums. Purple foods are believed to have anti-aging properties and Mariah is determined to stop aging by munching mauve-colored meals three days a week.

  Well, it looks like Mariah Carey was on the right track with her 'Purplification' of Mimi stint. The concept of using food to delay aging has already gained a worldwide approval as nations like Japan, and those across America and Europe are geared on taking food as an important factor in the quest for youthful beauty.

  Times online serves the buffet:

  The old saying "You are what you eat" could be rewritten as "You'll look like your last meal" if a big global trend finally takes off in Britain. Across Japan, America and continental Europe, customers are already buying expensive yogurts, drinks, marshmallows, jams and even sweets on the promise that they contain special "scientific" ingredients, such as collagen, enzymes and even Botox that could make consumers look younger and more beautiful, simply by ingesting them.

  It's called the beauty-food revolution but, in Britain, the trend for "cosmeceutical" ingredients (cosmetic plus pharmaceutical) is in its infancy. Rufflets Country House Hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland, last month launched a new "wrinkle-free lunch", which it claims contains "ingredients known for their anti-ageing properties to help diners to have longer, more youthful lives".

  Some of the most famous anti-aging foods wolfed down by those who are trying to keep the effects of age and gravity at bay are vanillin-enriched candies, skincare yogurts, beauty chocolate bars, and collagen marshmallows in Japan.

  Now, if Mimi gets tired of purple and wants to try out other colors for the same purpose, she sure wouldn't be running out of options.