Telomere “length” is believed to be an indicator of aging, with longer being better.
Good to know; thanks.
So I see that exercise in late life was ineffective? Since when? I also see articles calling fitness “alt right” and “dieting” dangerous to your health too. I smell liberal big pharma.
So my DNA is in good shape, but my knees are shot.
I must be going for a positive mutation.
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We (hub and I) are in an experiment that could prove this. We are in 70s. Did bio-energy testing in Dec. Started HIIT program based on test results and use heart rate as guide. My goal is 161 bpm for 2 min, my hubs is 144. 3 sets. We use ellipticals and also do some weights 3x week. (We have been pretty active most of our lives, but not athletic active). I have suffered weird chest pains for 35+ years...could never be figured out. They seem to be receding now, 4 months into this. It is interesting.
It could be that those which inherently have better telomeres are generally healthier and active. Maybe they don’t age as fast and so remain energetic longer.
It’s hard to tell the cause and effect here.
That said, remaining active can only benefit someone as they age and humans are capable of consciously choosing the lifestyle they engage in.
Be careful, I may have made a critical mistake. 3 years ago I would walk at 3.5 miles an hour. Every day since I have walked at least 3 miles a day since. Last year it was time for my 10 year tetanus vax, it was recommended I get shingles also so I did. I have since noticed I don’t have the same stamina, I did my walk at 3.0 miles today, and have walked over 3 a miles for over 1000 days continuous days in a row.
Is it just aging that has caused the slowdown? I’m not sure but I wish I had not taken the shingles dual vaxes as I had no issues with shingles.
Not sure if the vaxes have caused the slowdown or just old age getting to me. But based on the covid vax, I can’t trust vaccines anymore, and stopped all Flu vaxes. I can see my slowdown, just not sure why.
“Epithalon upregulates telomerase activity and elongates telomeres, with the effect of delaying aging processes in reproductive and immune systems and increasing the longevity of test subjects”
https://www.peptides.org/epithalon/
We walk 3-4 miles a day 6 days a week and I use the rubber workout bands 3 days a week - wife is 74 and I’m 72 and the workouts are bringing veins back to the surface in my hands and forearms so they don’t have to search to get blood these days...