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Five things that will age you faster


Last Update: 2/06/2009 8:11 am
(Bernard Goldbach, Creative Commons 2.0)
(Bernard Goldbach, Creative Commons 2.0)
For eons, humans have been searching for the fountain of youth. There is no miracle solution, but there are some simple things you can do to slow the aging process.

1. High Blood Pressure

By the time you're age 50, 70 percent of how you age is going to depend on your lifestyle, things that you do.

The No. 1 driver of aging is blood pressure. That seems tedious, boring and a humdrum problem. But blood pressure is so important because it's like a fire hydrant.

It's squirting blood against the arteries of the body, which scrapes and erodes their lining; with the thin layer of protection gone, the arteries begin to scar.

The result is hardening of the arteries, as well as strokes. For guys, it leads to one bigger issue, which is impotence.

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