WHY DO WE AGE?
Cutting-Edge therapy may pull plug on
"AGING" CLOCKScience tells us that our cells reach their physical peak at around age 25. After that, they begin to deteriorate. At the tip of each cell is a telomere. Like plastic tips on shoelaces, telomeres keep chromosomes intact during cell division. As cells age, telomeres become shorter, eventually eroding completely, leaving the chromosomes to disintegrate. then the cells die. These cells are continuously dividing over time---it
takes six or seven years for all the cell systems to be completely replaced. As this process continues, we slowly break down grow old and die. The average life span of the male is 75 years and that of the female is 85 years. Scientific research has shown that nothing stops this process, or even slows it down. everyone ages according to their own genetic clock. Studies has shown that if you take care of yourself, such as: watch your weight, eat right, take vitamins and supplements, meditate, and get plenty of exercise, you can perhaps negotiate the terms a bit. this can help reduce free radicals, prevent some diseases, and/or prevent speeding up the aging process, but not slow down the aging clock.
Free Radicals cell Speed Up The Aging Process
Like all organisms, cell produce waste as they metabolize energy. One of the most troublesome by-products of this process is a species of oxygen molecule know as a free radical---essentially an ordinary molecule with an extra electron. this additioncreates an electrical imbalance that the molecule seeks to rectify by careening about destroying fats and proteins crucial to cell function. A life time of this can lead to many types of disorders including hypertension, cancer, heart disease, arthritis, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, to name a few. Stress, smoking, alcohol, over eating, a diet high in fatty foods, food additives, pesticides, and other factors, can create even more free radical cells and accelerate the aging process.