While aging is inevitable, and the trips around the sun do accumulate…are there choices you can make that will help you age more gracefully and with more health and joy?!?
Article Summary:
- Understand why your body ages, its purpose, and why it impacts some more than others.
- Discover what lifestyle changes you can make to naturally slow the aging process.
- Learn about natural remedies that slow down the aging process at a cellular level.
Question: What is Aging?
Although we’ve been conditioned to think that aging is some single “thing” that we can turn back with a magic potion, a scientific breakthrough, or a plot device in a science fiction movie, it doesn’t actually work that way. The simple fact is that aging is not the result of any one single factor, but is the cumulative result of multiple factors, including:
- The aging of cells
- The breakdown of telomeres, the strands of DNA at the ends of chromosomes that protect our genetic material
- Protein degradation
- The build-up of harmful compounds (Advanced Glycation End Products) that are formed when proteins or fats combine with sugar in the bloodstream
- Excess sugar activity
- Progressive systemic inflammation
- Progressive dehydration
- Accumulated toxic build-up in organ tissue
- Reduced circulation
- Reduced cellular energy production
- Changes in hormone levels and hormone balance
- Impeded energy flows in the body
- Excessive body weight
- And, of course, good old wear and tear
This list is hardly complete. We could add stress or the accumulation of free radicals in the body or the results of cumulative poor nutrition, etc. The key here is not to identify every single factor (an impossible task), but to understand that if you want to slow the aging process, you must look at more than a magic bullet approach involving one or two supplements.
Q: Is Aging Random, or Is It an Organized Process?
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From Jon Barron
