Premature Aging is Not Inevitable and is in fact somewhat reversible!
Aging Rates Vary Widely and this is not surprising news…just very good to see it so clearly described and demonstrated!
The below BBC article talks about how aging rates vary amongst people born in the same year to a huge degree! This is what i have been explaining for so many years…the difference between biological age and chronological age.
Some very interesting quotes from the article:
“Some of the 38-year-olds were aging so badly their biological age was on the cusp of retirement.”
“The analysis showed that at the age of 38, the people’s biological ages ranged from the late-20s to those who were nearly 60.”
The most effective ways to be one of the people who seem to just ‘stop aging’ is to apply the three most important components of life-style: eat a bit better…exercise a bit more… and be your own best friend mentally! These are the keys staying young and healthy and feeling great for many many years!
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BBC Reports Today:
Aging rates vary widely, says study
A study of people born within a year of each other has uncovered a huge gulf in the speed at which their bodies age.
The report, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, tracked traits such as weight, kidney function and gum health.
Some of the 38-year-olds were ageing so badly that their “biological age” was on the cusp of retirement.
The team said the next step was to discover what was affecting the pace of ageing.
The international research group followed 954 people from the same town in New Zealand who were all born in 1972-73.
The scientists looked at 18 different ageing-related traits when the group turned 26, 32 and 38 years old.
The analysis showed that at the age of 38, the people’s biological ages ranged from the late-20s to those who were nearly 60.
“They look rough, they look lacking in vitality,” said Prof Terrie Moffitt from Duke University in the US.
The study said some people had almost stopped ageing during the period of the study, while others were gaining nearly three years of biological age for every twelve months that passed.
People with older biological ages tended to do worse in tests of brain function and had a weaker grip.
Most people’s biological age was within a few years of their chronological age. It is unclear how the pace of biological ageing changes through life with these measures.