10 Things that Age You

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10 Things that Age You
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Tue, 03-25-2008 - 12:08pm
10 Things That Age You

By: Kathleen Doheny


Cosmetic surgery might be the quickest way to reclaim a young, healthy look, but it's not the only way. If you focus on correcting the behaviors that add years and harm your health, you can turn back the clock. Here, the 10 unhealthy behaviors mentioned most often by anti-aging experts ‑- and how to reform yourself.


Feeling overwhelmed by stress
Since caveperson times, we've known excess stress lowers our immunity, boosts the risk of heart disease and generally makes us feel crummy. But now Elissa S. Epel, PhD, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco, has cell-level proof that too much stress triggers premature aging of the immune system. Mothers of chronically ill children who felt most stressed, she found, had the most extreme early aging of these cells. To unwind? "The first step is realizing you are stressed and noticing the signs ‑- you might feel your heart racing, or feel sweaty," Dr. Epel says. "The short-term way to reduce stress is to do deep breathing, what we call diaphragmatic breathing." The longer-term fix: "Make time in your life to do things that reduce stress."


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Wed, 03-26-2008 - 11:55am
Hmmm think I could make a few changes, would be nice to look younger!
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Wed, 03-26-2008 - 12:23pm
I always wondered if women who didn't marry or have children had less lines in their faces come their 50s. When I read that 10 things...my first thought was Dh, ds....and then probably add the sisters and the inlaws and you have my 10. Bet hermits have very few wrinkles. ;) B
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Wed, 03-26-2008 - 12:36pm
Maybe so, but think how lonely they must be!




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Wed, 03-26-2008 - 4:08pm
This is news? Decrease stress...don't smoke...eat a balanced diet? Revolutionary!
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