The fundamental causes of aging are time, doing, and non-doing.
Humans, like all living things, are created to be mortal, which means they all have genes that guarantee their mortality. Aging is no more than a duration of time that ultimately leads to mortality.
Living is all about doing and non-doing. Humans are given the free-will, which is the freedom to choose to do or not to do certain things in life. This has everything to do with the thinking mind, which perceives and interprets all life experiences through the five senses (seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting). So, your aging has everything to do with your own life experiences. In other words, your aging is uniquely yours. It is all about your doing or non-doing that either accelerates or delays your aging process. Your doing is doing some of the wrong things, and your non-doing is not doing some of the right things throughout your lifespan.
But it must be pointed out that, irrespective of the doing or the non-doing, time is essentially the major cause of aging that results in the death of an individual.
The bottom line: You cannot die merely of old age. Your ultimate demise is caused by your advancing age, by the diseases and the degenerative conditions that accompany it, as well as by your doing some of the wrong things and by your non-doing some of the right things throughout your lifespan.
The truth of the matter is that you age, just like everyone else. So, the point to consider here is: How you can delay your aging process, making you younger and healthier for longer—or, at least, not making you age more quickly than you are supposed to.
Unfortunately, many people have fallen victims to the so-called Accelerated Aging Syndrome.
Potentials for Accelerated Aging
According to Steven Masley, M.D., the former Director of the Pritikin Longevity Center in St. Petersburg, Florida, you may have the potentials for accelerated aging, if you have just any three of the following:
A fast blood sugar level of more than 100 mg/dl.
A blood pressure higher than 130/85.
A waist larger than 35 inches for women, and 40 inches for
men.
Good cholesterol level (HDL) less than 40 mg/dl for men, and
50 mg/dl for women.
Triglyceride (a certain type of fat in your blood) levels greater than 150 mg/dl
Accelerated Aging Factor
There are several factors that may increase your predisposition to accelerated aging:
Your diet: you are what you eat, and you become what you
eat.
Your lifestyle: life on the fast lane often leads to faster
aging.
Your physical inactivity: lack of exercise or immobility
always brings about stagnation and degeneration.
Your stress level: stress kills your brain cells, leading to accelerated brain aging.
Stephen Lau
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