Posted on 12/23/2017 6:16:54 PM PST by simpson96
Aging is inevitable. However, if you want to slow down the process, you should consider having no more than two children, a new report suggests.
To do so, they solicited more than 500 people to examine photographs of middle-aged women. The images were categorized into three sections: those with two to three kids, those with four to five and those with seven to nine.
After examining the results, they found that women with fewer children were seen as younger and healthier than those with more children.
In fact, the lowest scores were given to women with seven to nine children.
Why is that?
“Mechanisms behind the observed variation in facial appearance are not known but higher levels of oxidative stress among women with high parity may explain their faster aging and lower attractiveness in older age,” the authors said in a study.
Childbirth wasn’t the only factor considered. Scientists also factored in gestation, lactation and childcare, which they believe also contribute to higher levels of oxidative stress.
“These results suggest that costs of reproduction might affect women's physical appearance,” they said.
(Excerpt) Read more at ajc.com ...
>>”...having double-digit number of kids is stressful...”<<
But lucrative for those on EBT.
>>1. Everyone gets old, if they don’t die young.
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I notice my definition of “young” keeps getting pushed back as I get older.
Now it is like until 82 or something.
>>Explain Hillary.<<
Easy: Soul sold to Satan.
When I spent some time in No Carolina in a rural area, I was shocked how many women had missing and horrible teeth. Apparently loss of calcium from multiple childbirth and stupidity of nutrition. It can age them if they do not take care of themselves.
I doubt that I could ever get along with a young child, but I do understand that people who have children are prosperous in their own way — not talking about material prosperity.
I bet he regrets that deal every day! ;^)
It’s called marriage and commitment.
Maybe so, but guess what?
I don’t give a damn. I wouldn’t trade my kids in for ANYTHING. Ever. Nothing.
“I notice my definition of “young” keeps getting pushed back as I get older. Now it is like until 82 or something.”
I understand! Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end you get, the faster it goes.
>>I bet he regrets that deal every day! ;^)<<
I am sure her first words to to the devil when she enters Hell is “you are in my chair.”
>>I wouldn’t trade my kids in for ANYTHING. Ever. Nothing.<<
Don’t jump too quickly. There is always eBay and Barter.com.
Check the market first...
;) :)
...women with fewer children were seen as younger and healthier than those with more children.
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And, of course, that is so important. /s
I have no children and up until five years ago, I looked pretty damn good. But now, five years later, I look like hell. What happened? I went into politics.
Are husbands counted as two kids?
Well said.
A guy told me a great story.
He was from back East and married a girl whose family raised sheep.
They were running the sheep through a chute to see which ones they were going to keep.
He said they were keeping all the ratty looking sheep and selling off the ones he thought looked superior.
At the end, he asked his father in law about the selection process.
He said the tough looking ones had given birth and raised lambs.
Those were the ones to keep.
Raising kids gives you grey hair and wrinkles, but that’s OK. I wear mine like medals.
I am the oldest of six.
Living with my competitors for 18 years taught me how to love and laugh...
It’s a great life if you don’t weaken.
Don’t take life so seriously, no one gets off this rock alive.
So live it up and “Enjoy Yourself”
https://youtu.be/n7VT2EHa0b4
Get Happy
https://vimeo.com/20850600
I think that depends on which family; families vary by a bunch. I grew up in a large family and was the baby, I was not raised by my older brothers and sister. My mother raised each and every one of us, and also took in 2 of my cousins that needed a real home.
I am sorry you had an unhappy childhood, I suspect it had nothing to do with the size of your family though.
Lol!
But they don’t tell you that men with 4 wives have a bad habit of wearing a suicide vest.
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