Age Wise
Anti-Aging Advice Is Harmful Nonsense
You can’t prevent the inevitable, but here’s what you can do
Amid all the real problems in the world these days, a constant barrage of misleading and insidious anti-aging articles and advertisements frame “getting older” as a terrible yet somehow miraculously avoidable aspect of the human condition. They seek to get under your skin about that first wrinkle in your thirties, mess with your middle-aged mind over your totally normal propensity to forget where your keys are, or stoke vague fears at any age of being perceived as looking or acting “old.”
Here are just a few of the bonehead headlines I’ve spotted recently (sans links to spare you the temptation):
- Anti-Aging Pills Are Real
- Here’s How to Stop Aging, Experts Say
- The Best Supplements That Reverse Skin Aging
- The Anti-Aging Benefits of Berries
- Anti-Aging Haircare Routine
Another gem, “The #1 Best Vegetable to Prevent Aging,” sits atop a story that debunks the promise in the very first sentence: “Let’s face it — there’s absolutely no way to stop the aging process.”
Exactly.
