Be active
In recent studies regular exercise has been associated with a reduction in risk for breast cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and colorectal cancer. One study even suggested that that regular exercise is associated with a longer lifespan, especially when combined with weight reduction.

Reduce your stress
Sustained stressors such as emotional trauma, feeling threatened or insecure, and even natural disasters appear to be associated with increased aging biomarkers. You can work to reduce the stress you feel from those events by practicing relaxation techniques such as meditation, breathing exercises, and biofeedback. Walking or jogging is another great stress reducer-and our personal favorite.

Maintain your ideal weight
Being overweight is associated with a wide variety of age-related diseases, including diabetes, colon cancer, gallstones, hypertension, heart disease, and stroke. Achieving your ideal weight can be hard, but there are many tools available that can help you reduce your calories, maintain your lean body mass, and lose body fat. If you have a significant amount of weight to lose, try working towards losing 10 pounds over the next two months-that is doable.

Make time for sleep
Lack of sleep can have devastating effects on our health, impacting our mood, our memories, and even cold and flu resistance. To improve sleep, consider having a consistent sleep schedule. Use your bed only for sleep, try a "white noise generator" such as a fan, avoid caffeine after noon, and limit alcohol intake in the last 2-3 hours before bedtime.

Stay connected
The role of good social relationships is important to our overall health. As we age, having good social ties is linked to less depression, better cognitive skills, and even a longer life.

Consume the right nutrients
Eat fruits and vegetables: Since most Americans don't eat the recommended seven servings of fruits and vegetables per day, the opportunity for improving health (and longevity) by improving diet is great-just by adding some berries to breakfast and an extra vegetable to your dinner plate.

Take a multivitamin: B₁₂, B₆, C, E, niacin, folic acid, iron, or zinc all seem to mimic damage to DNA from radiation.  Everyone should consider a good multivitamin to help supplement their base nutritional needs.

Load up on polyphenols: Polyphenols are found in many fruits, vegetables, green tea, black tea, red wine, coffee, chocolate, olives, and extra virgin olive oil. They are plant-based nutrients that have antioxidant benefits and help protect against cellular aging.

• Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG): A flavanol found in tea, it has been shown to act as an antioxidant and possibly protect against aging.
• Muscadine grapes: The grapes possess one of the highest antioxidant levels among fruits. They contain a high concentration of polyphenols, but unlike other grapes they also contain a high amount of ellagitannin and ellagic acid.  Extracts of muscadine grape have been studied for their ability to help support a normal inflammation response after consumption of after a high-fat, high-carbohydrate meal and act as antioxidants.

• Resveratrol: Studies suggest that resveratrol (a type of polyphenol) may also slow cellular aging.

How fast you age may truly be in your hands. There is a lot you can do starting today to help slow cellular aging.