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Sunday, August 29, 2004

You're old when your skin is old

We can't keep track of how many times a week we get asked about ways to stop aging. And if we know of any anti-aging products. Well, let us tell you a few facts about aging and what you can do about it:

  1. You cannot stop time, and therefore, the fact is that you will get old, no matter what.
  2. You will also get "old" eventually but you can delay by as many as 10-15 years how "old" you look and feel.
  3. There is no magic pill to stop or delay aging despite the fact that you might receive email offers of all kinds. Whatever anti-aging treatments we are suggesting have to be combined with other lifestyle changes before they will have any meaningful effect. You just cannot take a pill each night and become young in 30 days. No such chemical/drug/herb has been discovered yet. Not by Americans, not by Chinese, nor anyone else.
  4. You look old when your skin is "old." Your internal organs might work fine and you might otherwise be in excellent health, but if your skin is not in good shape, you might look even older than you really are.

How to delay aging and look and feel younger?

  1. Take care of your skin. (Related article: Most effective anti-aging products for skin)
  2. Stay in shape. Exercise regularly.
  3. Eat balanced meals and count your calories so that you do not consume more calories than you need. Drink plenty of water; actually keep drinking till you cannot drink any more.
  4. Do nothing in excess. While we do not recommend smoking or drinking, what does the most damage to the body is excess of anything (even healthy food). An occasional smoke or a drink is acceptable but anything more than that is just not a good idea. Similarly, occasionally eating fatty foods like desserts and French fries is also OK; but if you eat dessert each night, you are inviting a lot of trouble.
  5. Adopt a natural lifestyle. You will be healthier if you think before you put anything on your skin or eat/drink any food. Remember, if it is cheap, it is probably made from something cheap (or in other words, an artificial chemical produced from the cheapest raw materials). As we keep saying, it is better not to put anything on your skin than to put some cheap lotions or creams that are probably made from petroleum waste.

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