For more youthful knee joints -- or anything that bends -- consider what’s in your kitchen.

RealAge Benefit: Reducing your risk of arthritis by losing excess weight can make your RealAge up to 6 years younger.

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Put some more omega-3s into your diet -- deliciously. This little cookbook is packed with more than 100 joint-loving, taste-happy recipes, from frittatas to vegetarian. Much more satisfying than fish oil supplements! Got a favorite product or invention of your own? Tell us: Products@RealAge.com

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When your mind is in need of honing, head straight for the produce aisle. And give your brain a bowl of cherries.

RealAge Benefit: Eating a diverse diet that includes 4 servings of fruit per day can make your RealAge as much as 4 years younger.

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Fresh cherry pie, the kind that doesn’t need sugar added -- YUM! This cherry pitter is just like the one moms used when they could bake ’em as fast as you could pick ’em. And once cherry season’s over, try JT’s dried cherries -- also yum, and more fruit per dollar than fresh! Got a favorite product or invention of your own? Tell us: Products@RealAge.com

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Who wouldn’t want to feel more energized and have a smile on their face all day? But short of popping some Prozac, it seems there’s no easy way. Until now. Enter yoga.

RealAge Benefit: Taking care of your emotional health and well-being can make your RealAge up to 16 years younger.

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Some days, it’s tough to remember what happy feels like. Work pressures, family schedules, gas prices -- ugh. Take time out for you! Yoga for Stress Relief offers 20 relaxing stretch routines to get your mood back on track. We like that. Got a favorite product or invention of your own? Tell us: Products@RealAge.com

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Your blood sugar will be sure to salute you this Independence Day if you grill up some of this: eggplant.

RealAge Benefit: Getting 31 milligrams of flavonoids a day can make your RealAge 3.2 years younger.

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Even people who aren’t wild about eggplant -- or many other vegetables -- are usually happy to eat them grilled. Find hundreds of recipes for eggplant and all garden goodies in the recently revised The New Vegetarian Grill. Got a favorite product or invention of your own? Tell us: Products@RealAge.com

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Getting older really gets a bad rap. It turns out you’ll have a lot to smile about.

RealAge Benefit: Taking care of your emotional health and well-being can make your RealAge up to 16 years younger.

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We’ve all seen those hard-as-rock pears at the supermarket, picked well before their prime. Well, here’s a reason you might want to pass on them.

RealAge Benefit: Eating 5 servings of fruit a day can make your RealAge 1.4 years younger.

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You could go to culinary school to learn which refrigerator shelf is best for lettuce and how to perfectly ripen a pear. But you won’t have to, thanks to Melissa’s Great Book of Produce. The photos are as brilliant as the tips, developed over years of supplying great chefs with perfect fruits and veggies. Got a favorite product or invention of your own? Tell us -- Products@RealAge.com

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Given the blood sugar-, cholesterol-, and appetite-controlling effects of fiber, who wouldn’t sing its praises? Now, here’s another verse for the song.

RealAge Benefit: Eating a high-fiber diet can make your RealAge up to 3.5 years younger.

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Men and women are NOT created equal -- dietarily speaking, that is. For starters, fiber, calcium, and caloric intakes differ. So if you’re female, make sure you know what’s right for you. Healthy Eating for Life for Women spells it out. Got a favorite product or invention of your own? Tell us -- Products@RealAge.com

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