Why We Age

Although we age for many reasons, there are two major causes of aging that far outweigh the others: 

First is a destructive process called oxidative stress, which is caused by our everyday lifestyle. Our bodies are designed for simple foods, high activity and moderate stress. However, in modern times we feed our bodies complex foods, and subject ourselves to inactivity and high stress. The result is excess free radical production (oxidative stress). 

Free radicals attack cells.  The result is cellular destruction, which cuts years off each cell's life and consequently, our life.  For example, you have heard of studies that show low calorie intake dramatically slows the aging process.  It is a simple fact that calories cause excess free radicals.  Hence if there are less calories there are fewer free radicals.

As the body burns calories it produces atoms missing one electron -- oxidation.  Those atoms speed around trying to replace that electron.  In doing so they bombard cells causing increased cell turnover.  The DNA in cells will only permit cells to replicate themselves a certain number of times before they die.

That is why you hear and see so many adds for “Antioxidants”.  Antioxidants neutralize free radicals.  The question is, what works.   We have found a product that we like.  It is only sold through doctor’s offices; Recancostat . We like it because the formula is based on Glutathione.

It has been scientifically determined that the body is capable of living a healthy life of 120 years.  To give you a mental picture of how that might be possible imagine the lifestyle of a hunter-gatherer coupled with the miracles of modern medicine.   To the degree our lifestyle differs from the hunter-gatherer is directly proportional to the damage being done to our body by free radicals like pollution and is reflected in life out of our years and years out of our lives.

The second key reason we age is a change in hormone levels. Not long ago medical science believed certain key hormones declined because we age. We now know the opposite is true. We age because those hormone levels decline. Please follow the below links for in-depth information for men or women for the specific hormones.

§         Testosterone – in men and women

§         DHEA – in men and women

§         Thyroid – in men and women

§         Growth hormone – in men and women

§         Estrogen & Progesterone – in women

Hormones are critical to the aging process because they control the chemistries of the body. They begin to decline from our twenties through approximately our seventies, when the body produces as little as 10-15% of the levels it once did.  At Renew Youth we counter the aging affects of declining hormones by replacing them through Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to levels of approximately age 30 when immunity (our ability to fight disease) and metabolism were at their healthiest.

 We also age because of an increase in certain bad hormones:

§         Insulin – caused by consuming excess carbohydrates

§         Cortisol – caused by stress

Please review the articles on the “Articles” page. We believe you will find them very informative regarding the details of Anti-aging/longevity medicine and hormone replacement therapy.

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