While people do accept ageing as a normal process, the sight of fine lines and wrinkles can scare the daylights of anyone, more so when they show up due to premature ageing. Actually, fine lines and wrinkles are not the only signs of ageing, there are many more, such as melasma, photoageing, uneven pigmentation, loose and saggy skin, loss of skin elasticity, age spots, etc. Though one can choose to age gracefully, there are ways to delay the appearance of these signs, and in fact, look half your age. All you need to do is follow these secrets to slow down ageing that you probably aren’t trying.

1. Spend More Time Standing Up instead of Slouching in the Chair: Spending a majority of your day standing on the feet instead of slouching on the chair or lying on the couch will shorten the length of telomeres (which are caps at the end of chromosomes that protect DNA). Shortening of telomeres is associated with ageing, degenerative diseases, etc. Keep active and moving through the day to slow down the ageing process through lengthening of telomeres. 2. Stop eating packaged cereals for breakfast: There’s a huge misconception that cereals with sugar loaded choco chips and dehydrated fruits are good for health! A bowl full of packaged cereal though may taste delicious, it usually has a good amount of sugar which will spike up your insulin level. Excess sugar level leads to inflammation which damages skin cells and sugar also binds to collagen and makes skin stiff and dry...