Smoking, Drinking, Food and More Causes of Aging

Experts tell us that smoking and drinking alcohol are two of the main causes of aging. Smoking causes our skin to become dry and wrinkled, while diseases of the lung like cancer and emphysema are well known. If you smoke more than 10 cigarettes a day for 10 or more years, it causes biochemical changes in the body, causing the skin to age and becom

Is Your Thyroid Aging You?

Many older people put those feelings of fatigue and their memory loss down to old age, but in some cases it can be due to a thyroid problem. Hypothyroidism, or under active thyroid is believed to affect a great many women who go undiagnosed due to having few, or minor, symptoms. These can also include dry skin, moodiness and insomnia. The thyroid