Body And Hair Changes To Expect As You Age: Healthy Lifestyles Count

As you age expect increasing amounts of fat tissuebest done about every 6 weeks. In fact, hair color
toward the center of the body. Fat will increase andproducts can actually improve the texture of the hair
lean body mass will decrease. The liver, kidney andand provide more body, even more shine. An
other organs may lose some of their cells. Bones loseimportant note here might be: Choose a
some of their minerals and become less dense. Waterknowledgeable and skilled hair stylist or specialist for
in your body is decreased by tissue loss. You mayyour hair coloring. I live in a very small town, and I could
even become shorter. This loss of height is related tonot be more pleased with the expertise of the hair
aging changes in the bones, muscles and joints. Heightstylist who colors my hair. Good hairdressers and hair
loss is greater after 70 years old. All total you mayproducts do not belong only to the rich and famous!
lose 1 to 3 inches in height as you age. Ways toGraying is a lot genetically determined. Caucasians
reduce height loss: - Physical activity - Proper diet -gray sooner. Asians are late to get gray hair. Nutritional
Treating osteoporosis The change in total body watersupplements, vitamins and other products will not stop
may make older people more likely to get dehydrated.or decrease the rate of graying. However, I have two
Loss of muscle mass in the legs and changes in bodysisters who both started graying much sooner than I
shape can affect balance which contributes to falls.did. Of the three of us, I am the most health conscious!
Most age-related changes cannot be prevented. StepsI believe healthy lifestyle also plays a part in when our
you can take to help slow or reduce these changeshair starts to gray. Almost everyone will experience
include: - Exercise - Avoid smoking - Eat healthy -some hair loss as the result of aging. The quantity of
Excessive alcohol use and illicit drug use canhair you have on your body and head is determined by
accelerate age-related changes Your lifestyle will playyour genes. Even if you had thick, coarse hair as a
the largest role in how fast these age-related changesyoung adult, it will eventually become thinner, fine and
take place. Do not accept the picture of a hunchedlight-colored. Men may begin to show signs of baldness
over, frail man or woman with a big belly, skinny armsat age 30. By age 60, about two-thirds of men have
and legs as something that happens to everyone in oldsignificant baldness. With new technology and products
age. You don't have to look like that. Probably theeven "baldness" is correctable to a degree for some
most obvious sign of aging is hair color change. As youindividuals. Source: National Institute of Health Disclaimer:
age the hair follicles produce less pigment (melanin),These statements have not been evaluated by the
which causes the graying process. Gray hair oftenFood and Drug Administration. The information in this
starts to appear in the 30s, although this varies. Youarticle is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or
may start to notice graying at the temples. The hairprevent any disease. All health concerns should be
becomes progressively lighter and most usuallyaddressed by a qualified health care professional. This
eventually turns white. Hair coloring is probably thearticle is FREE to publish with the resource box.
easier and painless way to conceal a person's true© 2007 Connie Limon All Rights Reserved
age. The quality of hair coloring has improved so muchConnie Limon. Visit for an extensive list of articles all
over the years that most people would never guess itabout the anti-aging.
was not your own natural color. Hair coloring is usually