3 Habits that Accelerates Aging
Your habits are powerful determinants of how fast you age.
Do you know that there's an actual condition in which an individual has an immense fear of getting old? It's called gerascophobia.
Contrary to a fearsome image, aging is something that most humans come to live with. Aging is actually a normal part of life. It's inevitable, but it's natural. What's worried-some is that there are things we do which speeds up the process of aging.
@healthbitips by Arlene Gentallan
When you are young, you may not notice aging signs yet, but the more you do this things, the more damage we do to our body which tends to accumulates over time. Then, one day, you'll wake up to realize the harsh truth--you're not as young as once have been.
3 Habits that are Top Accelerator of Aging
1. Outdoor activities
If you love outdoor activities, then, you have the number one habit that speeds up aging--ultraviolet light exposure. The sun is our top source of damaging UV light. UV light exposure for long periods of time can actually decrease your skin's production of collagen causing wrinkling and sagging of the skin. The sun is our main source of it.
Our skin naturally reacts to UV exposure by producing the pigment melatonin which causes tanning.
Cumulative sun exposure is something you reap with a more aged skin. There's a study done on identical twins to see how sun exposure affects aging. It tuns out that the person who prefers being outside under the sun visibly ages when compared to her indoor-loving twin.
There are tons of fun activities under the sun like swimming, hiking, and surfing. If sun exposure is not avoidable, use sun protection like sun screen.
2. Smoking
Tobacco smoke contains tons of harmful chemicals and free radicals which damages our cells. Just like UV light exposure, damage may not be readily visible, but it accumulates over time.
Tobacco smoke decreases collagen production. It's nicotine content constricts the blood vessels leading to poor blood circulation in the skin with a consequent decrease in oxygen and nutrient supply.
In addition, the habit of blowing smoke from the mouth can lead to wrinkling around the lips.
3. Overindulgence
Food is glorious, but if you have the habit of overindulgence, you may end up looking older than your actual age.
When we ingest carbohydrates, it undergoes digestion where it is broken down by our body into the simple sugar glucose. Glucose is our body's main fuel for energy. What's so bad about it?
We need glucose, but too much isn't good for us. Unused glucose reacts with fats and proteins to form damaging molecules in a process called glycation. Through this process, AGE (advanced glycation end product) is produced affecting the quality of collagen produced by the body.
You can imagine the extent of damage it leaves folks with high carbohydrate intake, but with relatively inactive lifestyle as time ticks away.
Rice, cakes, cookies, pies, pasta, mac'n cheese, pizza, ice cream, potato, french fries...when too much is eaten, your complexion can pay the price of your overindulgence with wrinkles and saggy skin earlier than your biologic clock.
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| 3 Habits that Accelerates Aging |
Do you know that there's an actual condition in which an individual has an immense fear of getting old? It's called gerascophobia.
Contrary to a fearsome image, aging is something that most humans come to live with. Aging is actually a normal part of life. It's inevitable, but it's natural. What's worried-some is that there are things we do which speeds up the process of aging.
When you are young, you may not notice aging signs yet, but the more you do this things, the more damage we do to our body which tends to accumulates over time. Then, one day, you'll wake up to realize the harsh truth--you're not as young as once have been.
3 Habits that are Top Accelerator of Aging
1. Outdoor activities
If you love outdoor activities, then, you have the number one habit that speeds up aging--ultraviolet light exposure. The sun is our top source of damaging UV light. UV light exposure for long periods of time can actually decrease your skin's production of collagen causing wrinkling and sagging of the skin. The sun is our main source of it.
Our skin naturally reacts to UV exposure by producing the pigment melatonin which causes tanning.
Cumulative sun exposure is something you reap with a more aged skin. There's a study done on identical twins to see how sun exposure affects aging. It tuns out that the person who prefers being outside under the sun visibly ages when compared to her indoor-loving twin.
There are tons of fun activities under the sun like swimming, hiking, and surfing. If sun exposure is not avoidable, use sun protection like sun screen.
2. Smoking
Tobacco smoke contains tons of harmful chemicals and free radicals which damages our cells. Just like UV light exposure, damage may not be readily visible, but it accumulates over time.
Tobacco smoke decreases collagen production. It's nicotine content constricts the blood vessels leading to poor blood circulation in the skin with a consequent decrease in oxygen and nutrient supply.
In addition, the habit of blowing smoke from the mouth can lead to wrinkling around the lips.
3. Overindulgence
Food is glorious, but if you have the habit of overindulgence, you may end up looking older than your actual age.
When we ingest carbohydrates, it undergoes digestion where it is broken down by our body into the simple sugar glucose. Glucose is our body's main fuel for energy. What's so bad about it?
We need glucose, but too much isn't good for us. Unused glucose reacts with fats and proteins to form damaging molecules in a process called glycation. Through this process, AGE (advanced glycation end product) is produced affecting the quality of collagen produced by the body.
You can imagine the extent of damage it leaves folks with high carbohydrate intake, but with relatively inactive lifestyle as time ticks away.
Rice, cakes, cookies, pies, pasta, mac'n cheese, pizza, ice cream, potato, french fries...when too much is eaten, your complexion can pay the price of your overindulgence with wrinkles and saggy skin earlier than your biologic clock.
