How is aging is a treatable disease?
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The Causes of Aging
Almost all life on earth blossoms with youth, until it has reproduced and passed its genes on to the next generation. After that, the flowers wilt and die, and we humans began to age. Yes, we begin to age while we are still in our 20’s.
We age because the products of our metabolism, i.e., the “ashes” from the oxidation processes that produce energy in our cells, accumulate faster then our endocrine system can remove them. This is because most of the cleansing hormones that surged through our youthful bodies begin to decrease as we begin to age. Some of these more critical hormones have decreased by about 10 to 30% as we enter our 30’s. The decreases become ever more dramatic as we enter successive decades of life. Most of our hormones have decreased by over 50% and some have been reduced to near zero as we enter our 70’s.
So we age.
Our muscles and bones weaken; our reaction time slows; we lose our agility; all combine to make us more susceptible to accidents. Out immune system weakens and makes us more susceptible to disease.
And we die.
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Why should I be concerned about longevity?
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2009-10-03 12:24:09
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