Groundbreaking research suggests that you can shave years off your biological age—and looks—with a few simple lifestyle changes. "The body has tremendous reparative capabilities not just to stave off the effects of aging but to reverse them!" Best of all, you can begin now.
THE DIET THAT WORKS Some of the most intriguing research involves telomeres, the caps at the ends of chromosomes that protect our DNA from damage. Although telomeres shorten naturally with age, smoking, stress, and obesity can speed up the process. Short telomeres have been associated with higher risks of chronic diseases, including diabetes and some cancers.
Studies have concluded that shorter telomeres can also make us look older.
You know how some people who are 70 look 90? They probably have shorter telomeres. While we have long known that the Mediterranean diet—rich in fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, whole grains, fish, and olive oil, and a moderate amount of red wine—improves health, researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston recently discovered that it may be even more effective than other healthy diets at preventing accelerated telomere shortening. Women on this diet had longer telomeres. The study has shown that it's possible to take a year and a half off your biological age with modest changes to your diet.
Researchers haven't yet isolated which components of the diet appear to be the most effective, but the women who adhered to it most closely had the longest telomeres. So, swap that soda for your glass of cabernet. According to another study, sugary sodas don't just widen your waistline; they also shorten your telomeres.
Our findings show that someone who drank just eight ounces of sugary soda a day had shorter telomeres than someone who drank no soda.
Drinking 20 ounces was associated with 4.6 years of additional biological aging, an effect comparable to that of smoking. Healthy diet and detoxing will age you backwards.
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