ANTI-AGING
Anti-aging
pursuits date back at least to ancient Egypt. While the religion and pyramids
focused on the afterlife, a lot of attention was given to herbs and remedies
such as olive leaf to promote beauty and longevity. Over the centuries scientists
and alchemists tried to find cures and potions. These included drinking, eating,
or injecting substances such as gold, testicles, and transplanting monkey gonads.
Many cultures such as India and China developed long traditions of herbs, foods,
diets, and health practices to foster anti-aging.
Anti-aging addresses how to prevent, slow, or reverse the effects of aging and
help people live longer, healthier, happier lives. It includes scientific research
and applications in genetic engineering, tissue engineering, and other medical
advances, e.g., finding treatments and cures for alzheimer’s disease. It includes
anti-aging psychology, e.g., coping skills for resiliently handling change,
stress, and aging. Life extension is the part of anti-aging focused on living
as long as possible. The
anti-aging marketplace includes nutrition, physical fitness, skin care, hormone
replacements, vitamins, supplements, and herbs. Alternative medicine and holistic
approaches have often been an incubator for approaches initially shunned by
traditional medicine.(1)
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