Health | healthy habits 9 'Innocent' Habits That Make You Old Get more sleep, eat some fat, cut down on sugar: experts By Polly Davis Doig Posted May 8, 2010 10:27 AM CDT Copied Wanna look like this before your time? Keep slugging the sugar and not getting enough sleep or sex, and see what happens. (Shutterstock) Kicking that meth habit could take decades off your face in about 5 seconds, but some other less obviously dangerous activities also take a toll. Prevention lists nine other innocent habits that are secretly aging you: You don't sleep enough: Pulling an all-nighter worked when you were 19. Now, it's adding weight gain, high blood pressure, and diabetes to those bags under your eyes. You have a sweet tooth: It's making you fat and giving you wrinkles by damaging proteins like collagen. You don't have sex: A little nookie juices your immune system and heart, and it can shave up to 12 (!) years off your face. You don't eat fat: Without heading to the all-Big Mac diet, a little omega-3 or unsaturated fat greases your brain, heart, bones, joints, and skin—in a good way. For the full list, click here. Read These Next University does 180 on professor fired for Charlie Kirk post. News outlets parse the fatal shooting in Minneapolis. Christian author Philip Yancey admits to a long-term affair. Snow is sinking boats in Alaska. Report an error