International Research Journal of Education and Technology

Nutrition and herbs plays an important role in attenuating some of the detrimental effects of aging. Aging in humans is associated with chronic and systemic low-grade inflammation as well as a decline in mobility, joint problems, weakened muscles and bones, reduced lean body mass, cancer, increased dermatological problems, decline in cognitive ability, reduced energy, decreased immune function, decreased renal function, and urinary incontinence. Strategies to reduce inappropriate chronic inflammation have included dietary modification and the use of herbal extracts in the diet or as supplements. Canines also have general aging-associated health conditions that are similar to those in humans. The underlying causes of detrimental health in aging are likely to be many, but each condition is also associated with an increase in circulating pro-inflammatory markers.

Keywords: Herbs, Nutrition, Healthy, Aging.