Why do we Age?

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Our bodies are composed of several trillions of cells – these cells have specific duties and work together towards maintaining health.

For example:

Muscle cells aid movement, bones are sculpted by bone-resorbing, and bone-forming cells, the lymphatic and immune system cells are important in our defence against disease, the stomach cells put out gastric juice and enzymes, the liver cells are designed to secrete bile, detoxify, to regulate thyroid hormone and blood sugar levels, to store nutrients (such as iron, vitamin A, D, E, F, and K) for future use, and play a major role in the metabolism of the three kinds of food – the liver alone has one thousand functions which are performed by the liver cells.
Every tissue in the body is made of cells – organs are organized clusters of related cells.

Although cells differ in their functions – they require the same basic nutrients.

What are the contributing factors to the mutation of the cells or the aging process?
If new cells were exact duplicates of already existing healthy cells – we would never age or get sick.

The primary causes of mis duplication of a normal cell is when we do not have all the necessary components for the cell to function properly – and when we have excess of other things that should not be there.

The contributors to mutation or impairment of the cells are: diet, lifestyle, stress, sugar imbalances, radiation, lack of oxygen, thyroid problems, accumulation of toxins, lack of physical activity, and poor digestion.

Body tissues cannot be repaired unless all of the necessary components to power the cells are there. If the cell is lacking in just one nutrient, in addition to being unable to repair itself or create a new cell – it now also has to remove the excess waste created by the unsuccessful biochemical processes.