Symptoms and Causes of Aging
Symptoms:
Aging of the skin and the cells in all the organs of the body is part of a natural process which is determined by the genes. The Immune System plays a large role in this aging process with its operation center located in the thymus gland. When this gland begins to fail, the immune system of the body fails and organs are at the mercy of virus, bacteria, etc.
Nutrients that help keep the thymus healthy are Vitamins A, C, and E, along with the minerals zinc and selenium.
Causes:
It is known that smoking and polluted air produce molecular crossings in cells and these are responsible for skin and tissue hardening which causes brittle and wrinkled skin. This effect of molecular crossing is also produced by free radicals which tend to destroy and disintegrate cells, proteins, and tissues, as well as the heart of cells, the DNA, by oxidation.
Free radicals are produced by ultra-violet rays from the sun, by the normal metabolism of certain fats and polluted air. Free radicals affect cerebral cells causing old age diseases such as the loss of memory, depression, insomnia, sexual impotency, arteriosclerosis, etc.
