Anti-Aging

How Do You Define “Anti-Aging?”

How Do You Define "Anti-Aging?"

Written by Jonathan Aluzas

Can someone tell me what anti-aging is, really?? I'm crystal clear on the general concept, but if you search the term online you'll come up with a vast spectrum of philosophies, diets, products, practitioners and snake-oil peddlers who loiter in the anteroom of the "anti-aging" industry.? It's no wonder, the pursuit of everlasting youthfulness has been undertaken by everyone from the ancient Egyptians to alchemists to Ponce de Leon to modern chemists and physicians and finally by the general public.? And in our desperation for eternal vigor we've tried just about everything; natural spas, pills, injections, religions, monkey testicles.? No, you didn't misread that, I said monkey testicles.? Apparently one ancient approach was the ingestion of monkey balls.? The sad thing is, if a news flash came across TMZ that Madonna's secret to staying young was monkey balls, women all over L.A. would be knocking them back like Skittles.? That's how sick we are for youth.? But what exactly is "anti-aging?"There is no definition for the term "anti-aging" on Dictionary.com, so clearly it's a concept subject to interpretation. (more…)