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Twin Study Shows How We Age Ourselves

The choices you make throughout your life can play a big part in whether you look younger or older than your years. That’s the message from a study on twins and aging from Case Western Reserve University. Researchers looked at identical twins to see how choices like tanning, smoking, and more impacted the way a person ages. According to the study, these behaviors or choices can make you look younger: * Taking birth control or hormone replacement therapy. Estrogen can help increase water retention, and the more hydrated your skin is, the smoother it will look. * Using sunscreen. There … Continue reading →

Eleven More Ways To Fight Aging

You don’t have to grow old gracefully if you don’t want to! Here are ten more choices you can make that can help increase your life expectancy. Skip a meal — if it works for rats, it could work for people too. A study found that rats fed 30% less than normal lived 30% longer than normal. Studies done in humans showed that a leaner eater had a heart that looked 10-15 years younger than a regular eater. Manage stress. Stress releases hormones into the bloodstream that can raise your blood pressure and lower the effectiveness of your immune system. … Continue reading →

Nine Ways To Fight Aging

Good genes play a role in good health, but there are a lot of changes you can make to ensure that you live a long and healthy life. As much as seventy percent of the influences on life expectancy are more luck and choice than inherited traits. So what can you do to stay younger longer? Don’t smoke. If you do smoke, it’s time to quit. This is the single most important thing you can do for your life expectancy. Aim for a BMI (body mass index) of 23.5 — fat cells can raise your risk of type 2 diabetes, … Continue reading →