Why We Age?
Admit it, we are all aging! From the very minute we were born, we age. How fast one ages varies from one individual to another. Some of us will develop wrinkles in their early 30s while others will remain looking young even approaching their 40s. Whether or not you are aging faster, one thing in common is virtually no one likes aging. In fact, majority of us would do everything we could to defy the aging process. If you plan to slow down or stop aging, understanding the aging process itself is the first step. We have to get to know why we are aging!
I would say that aging is a natural process and all of us are programmed to age at one point or another. There is a certain biological timeline our bodies follow. How fast we age simply depends on how fast each individual biological clock runs down over a lifetime. Genetics plays a major role in aging. What genes you have inherited determines how fast you age. There is specific longevity genes which help a person live longer. Those who suffer from telomere shortening would trigger faster cell aging and dying. Telomeres are DNA sequence that appears at the end of each chromosome. Telomeres get shorter every time our cells divide. Eventually the telomeres get so short that the cell can no longer divide, and thus the aging process begins.
Second factor that contributes to our aging process is the environment. Exposure to the sun contributes to skin aging because ultraviolet radiation from the sun can damage our skin. You will get sunburn if you are exposed under the sun for prolong period. The heat of the sun will result in dryness of your skin and will eventually result in wrinkles in long run. Besides, your chances of contracting skin cancer are also higher. The heat of the sun is not the only factor that speeds up aging process. Those exposed to extreme cold weather may also more likely to develop wrinkles on their skin.
I believe, perhaps one’s lifestyle has the most say on how fast you age. Those who work in office are more likely to age slower than those who work in construction site. Those living a slow pace life tend to age slower. This is because the faster an organism moves the more oxygen it uses and the shorter it lives! So, the more relaxing is your lifestyle, the more likely you would age slower. Your eating habits also play a major role. By eating foods rich with antioxidants, you can minimize cell damage caused by free radicals such as ultraviolet radiation from the sun. Exercising can limit bone and muscle loss and makes you look younger. In case if you do not know, smoking also speed up one’s aging process!
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