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How the Environment Affects Our Aging Process

By: Brian Z. Barrett

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It?s true that the environment we live in plays an important part in the aging process. One of the disadvantages of modern life is that our cities are filled with pollution - which we have to breathe. This pollution is a toxic mix of smoke and chemicals so it?s no wonder that it poses a health risk as we have seen in the rising incidence of allergies and asthma.

Since smoke - whether we inhale in from the environment or from cigarettes - causes the action of free radicals in our bodies, and since free radicals ultimately cause the death of cells, it?s no wonder that an unhealthy environment causes an unhealthy body. If we are strong and lucky - and are able to have a healthy diet - the damage caused may be minimal, or it may take years to show up, but it is there.

Of course smog is only a small part of our environment. There is noise, physical hazards and mental and emotional stress to be considered. Many people work in a noisy environment. This not only causes deafness if the proper care is not taken, but fatigue, which in turn causes our bodies to work harder than perhaps they would in an ideal environment. Although exercise in moderation is beneficial - even necessary to health, the harder we work the sooner we wear out, especially if that work is carried out in a stressful environment.

We may even have a smog-free place to live and work, but if our relationships at home or in the workplace are stressful, then fatigue and certain diseases are often the result. Modern food is part of our environment too. Nowadays so many products come in plastics where once it was paper or glass. Plastics are carcinogenic. If you don?t believe it, try this experiment: -

Take a new garbage bag and half fill it with potting mix. Immediately plant a few flower seedlings, water them and watch how they grow. If they don?t die within a week, their growth will be severely stunted. This is due to the fumes that come from the plastic. Once the bags have been aired out in the environment for a few weeks, you will be able to grow fresh seedlings in them successfully, but guess where the fumes went? And guess how many more fumes poison our environment from the factories where those garbage bags and other plastics are made?

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