Skin Aging Prevention

As each of us gets older we start to take notice of those around us who maintain healthy, radiant skin, and those of us who don’t. This leads to certain fundamental questions about the cause of aging skin, and more importantly, how to prevent it. Many factors can contribute to aging skin: an unhealthy diet, a smoking habit, lack of exercise. The list that science continues to build on just keeps growing.

The sad part is that there is, of course, a genetic component. Your genes do play a role in the overall composition of your skin, and how much it is able to maintain its own elasticity and resist the damaging effects of things like reactive oxygen species, sun rays, and advanced glycation end products. The good news is that science is revealing through the field of epigenetics that the manner in which your genes function can be variable despite the actual sequence of the code.

If you’re looking to prevent the wear and tear from happening to your skin, then there’s never been a generation better than now to do so. Through science we are learning just what kinds of foods are the best for us.