Here’s why your mother seems to be ageing faster than your father
Have you ever noticed that despite your mother and father being similar in age, signs of ageing tend to show up on her face earlier than his? This isn’t entirely your mother’s fault. “Earlier menopause leads to faster biological aging,” said functional nutritionist Tanya Malik Chawla, who shared that hormonal changes are a key contributor to accelerated ageing. According to her, however, it’s not just biology — burnout plays a significant role too.
“Years of skipping meals, poor sleep, pregnancy related nutrient loss and chronic stress can imbalance the hormonal levels. Estrogen is produced in women till the age of 40, after which it drops and accelerates ageing, belly fat, bone loss and cognitive,” she said, adding that when it comes to menopause, no one prepared women to deal with it hol...