The Paradox of Wellness: An Analysis of "Healthy" Habits That Accelerate Cellular Aging

The aging process is not a singular event but a complex, multifactorial phenomenon involving the gradual accumulation of damage and the decline of functional integrity across multiple systems. To create a systematic and organized framework for this complexity, researchers, inspired by the "Hallmarks of Cancer," proposed "The Hallmarks of Aging" in 2013. This conceptual framework has become the dominant paradigm in aging research, providing an integrative view of the principal molecular and cellular determinants of the aging process. The original framework identified nine distinct but interconnected hallmarks, which have since been updated to reflect progress in the field.