“Just as those plastic nibs keep your shoelaces from fraying, tiny cellular tips called telomeres protect your DNA from
fraying when cells divide.
When they’re tattered, they’re much harder to use.
That’s what causes cells to stop dividing and growing and replenishing your body — which means more aging for you.”
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“You may be able to increase the effect of great habits with things that make telomeres grow (such as telomerase). But for now, stress less, exercise more, and go Mediterranean.”