What Causes Accelerated Aging?
Symptoms of accelerated aging can mimic symptoms of other diseases or conditions. Be sure talk with your physician about troubling symptoms to rule out other underlying issues. In order to prevent and reverse the symptoms of accelerated aging, we need to understand the causes: Oxidative stress Oxidative stress results from our body’s natural energy production process. When your body creates energy, it also creates waste that we call “free radicals”, which damage cells. In addition to the free radicals your body produces, you’re also exposed to free radicals from other sources, such as pesticides, drugs, household cleaners, pollutants, paint and exhaust fumes, smog, tobacco smoke, and heavy metals (like lead, mercury and cadmium). Every day, each cell in your body takes up to 100,000 attacks from free radicals, resulting in damage to your cells. These free radicals attack the outer walls of your cells and also attack your DNA. They cause mutations in the cell that may transform a normal
