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[No I'm Amy]

What do you guys do to prevent advanced aging? Everybody says that I look older than I do and I don't want to look old.

[Ell-]

I always wear sunscreen which works great because I'm not pale but I'm not burned.

I used to associate a brown tan with health now I just associate it with skin damage.

I drink 2 L of good quality water a day.

I don't eat a lot of sugar, sugar speeds up the aging process.

And for the most important one in my opinion, I use the most natural skin care products I can find that are not filled with the typical chemicals and a good quality moisturizer.

[Danny©]

What do you guys do to prevent advanced aging? Everybody says that I look older than I do and I don't want to look old.

simple: vegetables and fruits!
Now I know it may sound like a superficial platitude but I'm very serious.
Free radicals are oxygen molecules which lack an electron and they borrow an electron from another molecule causing that molecule to suffer oxidative damage and to look in turn for another molecule to borrow, and it becomes a vicious cycle where more free radicals are created. You need oxygen to survive but oxygen being a reactive substance reacts with other molecules causing oxidization, if you leave an avocado exposed to the air it becomes black and rancid, and that's what happens in your body too, you become rancid as you breath.
Oxidization is the causes of aging, recent studies published by Linus Pauling institute shows indeed that the cause of aging is free radicals within the body.
The amount of free radicals or the rate of oxidization is not only correlated to aging but also to health problem of different nature.
You know there are people people who look young at 45 and people who look old at 30, there are people who look like young kids at 25 and people who look like retired math teachers at 19; the difference between then if their rate of body oxidization
As for face look the things that make the difference between looking young or aged are skin and face muscle tone.
Your body is smarter than that and have greated a very strong mechanism against oxidization and free radicals. In fact there are substances whose molecules are borrowed by the instable radicals making it stable and stopping the oxidization cycle.
Bioflovonoids lend an electron to the instable molecle and vitamin C lends an electron to the instable bioflovonoid molecule, vitamin A lend an electron to vitamin C, vitamin B5 lends an electron to vitamin A, glutathione lends an electron to vitamin B5, zinc lends an electron to vitamin B5 and the most important: selenium lends its electron to zinc without getting unstable
The mechanism doesn't work if the body is not provided all the nutrients
Now not only there are no working lab source of bioflavonoids but glutathione itself is not not to work when taken as a supplement, vitamin A is even toxic as a supplement even though it's not that toxic when taken from food, selenium also doesn't work well in supplement form. The reason is that are tons of unknown substance that act sinergically when provided complementarily in the foods we eat.
Supplementation doesn't really work that well.

Vegetables are the best sources of many of these nutrients some of which are found only in plant.
The reason is that not only they are real good source of these nutrients but you can eat lot of them without overeating because of their low caloric content.
Those studies that prove that vegetables intake is positively correlated with low cancer incidence also proves that that they're positively correlated with low aging rate and oxidative stress rate and hence longevity
Vegetables are the only true source of high and balanced amount of those elements necessary to prevent oxidative damage and hence aging.
Pack on veggies and by this I mean 1 pound of raw veggies and 1 pound of cooked veggies and the next time your skin will have completed its turnover it will be stronger and younger because no oxidative damage will be ruining it

Danny

[No I'm Amy]

That was a lot to read but I read it. What's funny is that I eat more vegetables than I used to and I've noticed that I almost look the same age as I did 3 years ago. When I was 10, people thought I was 15 and now that I am almost 14, people think I look about the same age so I think that I might be getting healthier.

Yeah. I'm trying to just eat fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other things more often. My mom doesn't live with me anymore to feed me so I have actually been making better decisions by being independent. My mom did help me to eat more but I like being more independent with my food. I've cut out a lot of sugar and it's helped a lot. I don't think that when I have barely any everyday that it messes me up though.

[Danny©]

That was a lot to read but I read it. What's funny is that I eat more vegetables than I used to and I've noticed that I almost look the same age as I did 3 years ago. When I was 10, people thought I was 15 and now that I am almost 14, people think I look about the same age so I think that I might be getting healthier.

There are also other things that make us appear older like having bags under the eyes, oily skin, dull eyes,
Sometimes is also a matter of sleeping and being rested, the less rested you're the less rested you look
Often is also a matter of attitude, the more self-confident, spontenous, relaxed and smiling you are the younger you look.

As for the physiological causes free radicals is your enemy, now you know it
Eating tons of vegetables and fruit too help fighting free radicals but there are also things we do which increases our body oxidization increasing free radicals like not sleeping enough, not breathing enough oxygen, being stressed all the time, having roller coaster blood sugars, overeating (like feeling bloated and too full), smoking, drinking alcoholic substances and eating rancid fats (and I believe that most polynsaturated fat oil become quikly rancid with all the light they get and long time they're stored so I would stay away from all oils except extra virgin olive oil in dark bottles)

Other will now reply that when you're a teen looking older doesn't mean looking aged just grown but I don't necessarily agree. Most people that look healthy have also "baby" facies
We often link growing with becoming like the teeagers we see around us which are extremely sick, tired, unhealthy unaway. The jaws is not supposed to grow much and nose and eyes can remain little.
In other words I question that there are face features who show a growing processes and that the teenagers around us are an evidence of that growing process showing in the face too. I believe that actually what we see in teeangers is getting less healthy as they grow.
Nowadays we see many teens who have disproportionated features like their face becoming extremely long, their jaws becoming extremely big, their nose changing it's shape totally
There are studies on this phenomena which show that a long and steady adolescient growth (from 9 to 24) is way healthier than growth spurts (gaining 12 inches at 13 and then stopping growing) and more natural
The reason we see this strange way to grow in young people with extremely quick and amazing growth spurt is probably to be found on the increased in animal hormones on artifical hormones in the food we eat, especially milk. The countries with higher intake of foods suspected of having an high concentration of added hormone have also the quickest and biggest growth spurt and therefore the more "disfiguring" growing compared to other countries
Complex topic, but things are not as black and white as we're asked to believe

Yeah. I'm trying to just eat fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other things more often. My mom doesn't live with me anymore to feed me so I have actually been making better decisions by being independent. My mom did help me to eat more but I like being more independent with my food. I've cut out a lot of sugar and it's helped a lot. I don't think that when I have barely any everyday that it messes me up though.

The good things about veggies is that you can still consume lot of calories of whatever food you look and still eating 2 pounds of veggies daily because they have so little calories. You could even devote a time of the day to eat just veggies without changing the rest of your diet

Danny

[R.S.]

Even better, raw veggie juices Digest all the good stuff without fiber to get in the way.

[No I'm Amy]

I've found that when I get more sleep, my face, and body are a lot healthy looking.

Wow... I think that my cousin who has a more baby face seems to be healthier than me but she is a lot shorter and her feet are smaller.

I've noticed that some people when they drink a lot of milk end up growing more like my brother who is 6'3. He also has an enlarged jaw. I, on the other hand, grow only 1/2 inches at a time. I really should think about drinking rice or soy milk instead just so I won't have all of those hormones.

Raw vegetable juice is gross to me actually. Haven't had it in awhile though. Maybe I should try it. Fiber is good for you so I don't care if I get fiber. I need it. lol.

[R.S.]

Raw vegetable juice can easily become tasty with the addition of stevia. Some, like carrot juice, taste good on their own. Either way it's a great way to drink your vitamins and beats Centrum.

[Danny©]

I've found that when I get more sleep, my face, and body are a lot healthy looking.

Wow... I think that my cousin who has a more baby face seems to be healthier than me but she is a lot shorter and her feet are smaller.

I've noticed that some people when they drink a lot of milk end up growing more like my brother who is 6'3. He also has an enlarged jaw. I, on the other hand, grow only 1/2 inches at a time. I really should think about drinking rice or soy milk instead just so I won't have all of those hormones.

There are studies I don't have the ref of right now that showed that kids who had to give up milk andmilk products had a slower growing rate. In other words at the same age of their milk-drinker counterparts they were shorter in stature. But as they grew the difference changed because the already tall kids stopped growing and the shorter kids keep growing for longer teady still at a steady rate without spurts.
At the end not only the non milk group was as tall as the other kids were when they stopped growing but many of the were taller. So those kids who don't have growth spurts don't become shorter people they are just not as told as their mates when they're young because they takes longer to express their height potential and this is healthier for a lot of factors including cancer and osteoporosis. Same studies were down on vegetarian kids and they too add a slower growth which resulted in normal height later in life or taller height compared to those kids that used to be taller than them.

Raw vegetable juice is gross to me actually. Haven't had it in awhile though

What have you tried? I like one carrots, half apple and lot of lettuce. It tastes great, sweet and I can't taste the greens, they covered by the other flavors

Danny

[No I'm Amy]

Wow. That's cool. My family actually has weight lifters so I think that's why one of my brothers stopped growing so soon. I grow at steady rates so hopefully that means I'm a little healthier(hopefully). I think it's awesome that it showed vegetarians as being able to be just as tall or taller. I think that some vegetarians don't get enough calcium though.

I actually haven't tried a lot of vegetable juice except for v8 so I really don't know what other things taste. Maybe I'll try something like that.

[R.S.]

The thing about vegetable juices is you really need a juicer, not just buy store bought shit. It's best fresh and raw (a.k.a. unpasteurized - most to all juices you buy in the store will be pasteurized). Juicers run from cheap handcrank ones that are 50-90 to more expensive, but just like any other kitchen tool it'll last ages and it's really useful.

[No I'm Amy]

I probably do need one but hey, I don't want to get one. lol. I know that's bad to say that, but yeah. lol. I'd rather just get store bought stuff half of the time. I've never tried vegetable juice anyways.

[Jen121]

Okay first of all where in the world can you find stevia sweetner????

Now for your question:

I have been reading alot of books about this which is something that would give you the most info (if you have time to do) but what i have read to prevent increased aging is:

1. Always wear sun protection!

2. Dont smoke

3. Cleanse, tone, moisturize twice a day.

4. Get plenty of sleep

5. Drink 8-10 cups of water a day

6. Eat lots of veggies and fresh fruits

Vitamins A, E, and C are considered the "Skin Vitamins"

Retin-a (topical form of vitamin A) is proven to reduce and reverse the signs of aging and sun damage. You can get it thru your dermatologist.

AHA's & BHA's are great ways to exfoiliate dead skin and make the skin smoother and more of an even tone.

Exercising is proven to be awesome for the skin because it increases the blood flow to your skin which increases the amount of oxygen and nutrients.

Make sure not to ignore your eyes, neck, and hands! These areas contain the thinest amount of skin tissue and are a quick giveaway of your age Keep them protected from the sun and use an eye cream twice a day (i use all about eyes from clinique) Do not pull or tug at any of these areas, it will decrease the skins elasticity and eventually look "droopy"

Theres more but i cant think off the top of my head... but thats the most of it! Hope that helped!

[No I'm Amy]

That helps a lot. Thanks.

[dogsncats]

You might look older because of your face shape too. I have big eyes, a rounded nose and face and a high forehead. This makes people think I'm about 8 years younger than I am. People with the opposite, thin faces with sharper faces look older. Health isn't even related.

[Danny©]

You might look older because of your face shape too. I have big eyes, a rounded nose and face and a high forehead. This makes people think I'm about 8 years younger than I am. People with the opposite, thin faces with sharper faces look older. Health isn't even related.

But often sharper and thin face is related to muscle tone and body fat hence related to health and reversible
For example people with long facesa and thin cheecks can gain as much weight (muscles and few fat) so that their face muscles get toned and their face fills in so has to have baby round cheecks and look young
Just think of Jonhny Deep. He's not that gaunt by nature, it's due to his diet, health and lifestyle.
In certain movies he looks like a skeleton and way older and others he fills up and a nick carter baby face and looks 20 years younger

Danny

[No I'm Amy]

I've noticed that when I gain weight, I look younger. When I lose weight, I look older.

[Femina Mala Est]

1. Always wear sun protection!

2. Dont smoke

3. Cleanse, tone, moisturize twice a day.

4. Get plenty of sleep

5. Drink 8-10 cups of water a day

6. Eat lots of veggies and fresh fruits

Ironically, Jeanne Calment, the women listed by Guinness as living the longest documented life of any human being, smoked for over 100 years. As far as I know, aside from eating fruit every day, she didn't do any of those things.

Anyway, y'all should check out the insane regimen that Ray Kurzweil goes through every day. He plans to live forever.

[No I'm Amy]

That is soo weird...

Who is Ray and is there a link to it? haha.

[Jen121]

I've noticed that when I gain weight, I look younger. When I lose weight, I look older.

Your not imagining it! Its a proven fact that underweight woman have a "sunken" complexion which makes the wrinkles MUCH more noticable!