Determining Biological Age

Everybody living in this world have an age that is calculated from his birthday. But scientists believe in another concept of calculating age called as biological age.

This concept becomes prevalent because of the fact that each and every one of us has separate set of genes and genomes. The genes that constitute in our body are unique and thus the rate of degradation of every cell in our body changes. As a result, the evolution of the concept called biological age is necessary to determine the position or the condition of his body and hence determine his life expectancy.

Biological age is determined keeping in several factors. Biological age is calculated by considering the person’s medical history, family medical history, food practices, smoking or alcohol practices and several other criteria. A typical biological age is found first by using the medical history and the condition of health at present. After careful examination of all these, with the help of life tables, biological age can be calculated. It gives the rough idea of how the organs have aged and how long one can live. Also it helps to determine one’s life expectancy. Geographical factors also should be considered as they also play in the amount of workload given on the cells. After all the calculations that are made using reference charts and all the available data, biological age can be determined.

Though this biological age does not have any scientific value, one may use it to know the amount of work load he has given on the cells and how to change his diet and exercises in order to maintain a good health for a long period of time.