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Elastin and Youthful Skin
While collagen is a crucial factor in maintaining healthy, beautiful skin, there is another protein in our skin that is equally important for the health and appearance of our skin: elastin. Elastin...
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Hyaluronic Acid and Skin
If you stripped the middle layer of the skin, the dermis, of all its cells, the skin matrix would be what would remain. The skin matrix makes up the various...
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Skin as a Regulator of Body Temperature
Our skin plays an essential role in maintaining a normal core body temperature. When the body overheats, fewer nerve impulses are sent to the blood vessels in the skin. This...
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Skin as a Protective Barrier
The skin is the body’s largest organ, measuring about one-eighth of an inch thick and comprising roughly 10% of our total body weight. The skin consists of two layers: a...
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What is Skin made of?
Skin is an organ, and it is indeed the largest organ in the body. Skin serves an essential set of functions in the body. It regulates body temperature, maintains water...
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Sirtuins - Anti-Aging Mystery
The greater our comprehension of the aging process, the more ways scientists find to extend the average life span. Ironically, the most effective means of anti-aging intervention have been the...
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Prolonging Life with Medicine
Research on the prolonging of life, studies of people over 100, historical records, and common sense all shows us that to live a long life; you need to do at...
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Aging and Stress Factor
Stress has been closely linked to the development of age-related diseases and the aging process as well. The stress response is basically a complicated adaptive reaction in the body. Without...
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Low-Level Inflammation
One of the most important defense mechanisms in the body is inflammation. It is a key to survival but at the same time appears to add to the pace of...
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Mitochondrial Aging
The mitochondria do the majority of energy that is produced in the cells. Cell function is subject to the mitochondria providing energy to the rest of the system. Mitochondria are...
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Glycation
Certain substances that contribute to the aging process can be avoided. An excellent example of this is tobacco tar. However, other contributory substances are not as easily avoided as they...
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Aging Clock - Pineal Gland and other Pacemakers
Is there a centralized aging clock in humans that dictates the pace at which all bodily systems run? Yes and No... Studies have not yet found a specific central mechanism...
