Colours of wellness: Wellness represents a higher degree of “health” than merely the absence of illness.
Ageing has always been seen as an inevitable natural process for every human being, however increasingly, ageing is viewed as just another disease. Therefore there is justification to maintaining health for preventing both age related diseases as well as enjoying the aesthetic, emotional and physical benefits of youth.
A decrease in the number of stem cells may impact the ageing of human tissues. Stem cells help to replenish ageing and damaged cells, which serves to maintain healthy and functioning tissues.
Wellness represents a higher degree of “health” than merely the absence of illness.
It is the process of making proactive choices and engaging in behaviors which allows one to achieve a balance in one’s life regarding one’s physical, emotional, social, occupational, intellectual and spiritual needs.
Wellness is wholeness and balance and puts the power and responsibility in the hands of the individual, not the health-care system. It is never too late to start.
Wellness is wholeness and balance and puts the power and responsibility in the hands of the individual, not the health-care system. It is never too late to start.
Your Own Stem Cells In Your Body
Your body uses its own stem cells to make you stronger, healthier and more resistant to disease. As we age, we use stem cells to repair damaged organs, or to replace those stem cells destroyed by toxins over time.
At all stages of your life, your body fights damage by using stem cells. When you smoke, stem cells head for the lungs. When you are sunburnt, they repair the skin. Today we know that every organ seems to recruit stem cells from the bone marrow to resuscitate itself.
Recent Research on Stem Cells and Ageing
The decline in stem cell functionality with age is potentially due to age-related changes at many levels.
There have been numerous studies examining the link between stem cells and ageing. The decline in stem cell functionality with age is potentially due to age-related changes at many levels. In response to tissue injury, local signals induce stem cells to begin proliferating in order to generate sufficient progeny for tissue repair. Age-related changes in stem cells, in the stem-cell niche or in the systemic milieu could all result in a diminished functionality of stem cells in an aged organism, manifested as a decreased propensity to generate sufficient functional progeny for effective regeneration.
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