There are factors responsible for aging and they can be avoided if the right steps are taken. Some of the factors include: Free radicals, Glycation, Methylation, and Inflammation. To some people this terms will be strange but people with medical orientation will know what all these means. For the sake of the others I will take time in explaining what this terms means.

Free Radicals: human being needs the presence of oxygen to survive and for as long as we are exposed to oxygen then a process called oxidation will occur, which bring about the emit ion of substance called the free radicals in the body. These free radicals in the body quicken the aging process and can create a lot of damage to our health. Free radicals are just molecules in the body with an incomplete electron and through the process of searching for the electrons they affect the chemical structures of our body.

The body cannot avoid the free radicals because they are necessary evils, the small quantity of these radicals in the body can help the body develop but ones it is becoming excess then we have to take steps in addressing it.

Glycation on the other hand is much more dangerous than free radicals because this a process that use what the body needs to attack the body. The body needs protein to survive because protein helps the cells in the body to function properly meaning that protein should exist on it own not in conjunction with many other substances or what we call molecules. But this is not really possible because of the existence of some substances called the glycation agents these substances include: glucose molecules, sugars, and similar chemicals known as aldehydes. These chemicals attach themselves to the protein thereby preventing it from performing it primary function. These attachment leads to the formation of bio chemicals which attacks the body and speed up the aging process.

Methylation: This can simply be explained as the addition of the methyl group substances to the various constituents of protein, DNA and other molecules in the body. These is an important aspect of body metabolism which helps the body to function well the absence of methylation in the body can lead to death. This is how important methylation is to human existence. Methylation is an important aspect of the body but too much of it or the inadequate amount of it can lead to diseases such as Alzheimer and Dementia. The most dangerous effect of methylation is that it can lead to heart attack.

Inflammation is another factor that has to be monitored to prevent it negative effect on the human body. The cause of inflammation cannot be narrowed down to one thing but it can really destroy the human body because it has been proven that inflammation is responsible for almost all the diseases associated with old age. The fact that all the above mentioned factors are interrelated makes it difficult to actually trace the cause of this factor.

Preventing the negative impact of these factors: We have taken the pain to explain some of the factors that can accelerate the aging process, we now need to know how to handle these factors and make use of them to the benefit of our body.

The effect of Free radicals, Glycation, Methylation and Inflammation can be minimized by doing the following: we need to maintain a very clean environment devoid of pollution and radiation, though the technological advancement that we are witnessing all over the world will not make this easy but we really need to put a lot of effort into doing this. In the olden days I have read about people living to a very old age simply because they maintain their natural habitat, so the price of technology is what we are witnessing. The use of antioxidants can also help in reducing the negative effect of these factors in our body, the anti oxidant will help in eliminating the damaged cells in the body caused by factors. Anti-oxidants are available in unprocessed foods which are very difficult to come about now-a-days. The anti- oxidants are also available in the common vitamins that we take such as: Vitamin A, C, and E and other vitamin supplements. Avoid the intake of food that act as glycation agents, the consumption of food rich in carbohydrates and sugar can cause glycation and this will have a negative impact on the body. The cures and prevention of the negative impact of these factors on the body are interwoven simply because their actions on the body are also interwoven