5 Good Things that Happen to Your Body as You Age
According to the National Sleep Foundation, changes in circadian rhythms and melatonin productions means that as one gets older, he is more likely to get sleepier earlier at night but wake up very early the next day.
As we age, there are many changes occurring in our bodies. Our knees get a bit creakier too, and our vision becomes blurrier.
Whether you can relate as you're personally experiencing such changes or a loved one is, you may be quite familiar, too, with the negative ways your body changes and as time goes by.
Here's the good news! Not all things about aging are bad. There are good things that happen to our body too, as we age.
Such occurrences are reasons enough for everyone to focus on the "positive side of aging." Meaning, instead of worrying about what would happen each time you add up a year to your age, you'll be more excited to see what you'd experience later in life.
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5 Surprising Changes You'll Experience as You Age
1. Less Sweat
According to the US National Library of Medicine, your sweat glands' structure actually changes as you age, causing you to sweat less.
Meanwhile, Santa Monica, California-based board-certified dermatologist, Tanya Kormeili, MD, said, since the bacteria staying under your arms converts sweat into bad-smelling acids, "You'll less, too."
Therefore, the dermatologist added, if the natural deodorants did not solve your "odor issue" in the past, this might be a perfect time to give the products a second shot.
2. Pimple No More
Typically, the oil-producing glands in the skin tend to slow down following menopause, which means lesser chances of breakouts and clogged pores for many people.
Meaning, oily-skinned teenagers can achieve normal skin by the time they turn 60. Therefore, for the first time in tens of years, your face may no longer be oily even by lunchtime.
Additionally, Dr. Kormeili explained, you can experiment with several skincare products and routines that may be ineffective for you when you were much younger.
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3. Reduced Chance of Catching Colds
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that adults catch up to three colds each year. However, some sources claim that older adults could have even fewer colds than that.
Experts say it would make sense that elderly individuals could catch fewer colds probably, because of less exposure outdoors.
Imagine this: if you've retired and haven't been going out to travel for work every day, and you are living either just by yourself or with your spouse or partner, you are less likely to be exposed to people who cough and sniff day after day. This then gives you lower opportunities to catch colds.
4. You Wake Up Earlier than Ever
If, in the past, you wanted to spend long hours during the day to do all the things you wanted, now is the time to make that wish come true.
According to the National Sleep Foundation, changes in circadian rhythms, as well as the melatonin productions, means that as one gets older, he is more likely to get sleepier earlier at night but wake up very early the next day.
5. Lesser Encounters with Seasonal Allergies
If you used to sneeze and scratch a lot every spring, consider them now, just things of the past. Rates for seasonal allergies, according to a May 2013 study published in the Allergy Asthma & Immunology Research journal, are lower in older individuals than younger people.
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Sep 07, 2020 11:11 AM EDT
