All articles tagged with #biological age
Simple lifestyle changes such as regular exercise, healthy eating, good sleep, avoiding harmful habits, and stress management can significantly reduce biological age and promote longer, healthier life.
Fitness trainer Dan Go advocates for daily walking as a simple, effective way to reverse biological age, improve mental health, and promote overall well-being, emphasizing its accessibility, low cost, and numerous health benefits.
Regular exercise promotes mitochondrial biogenesis, improves insulin sensitivity, reduces inflammation, and supports brain health, all of which can contribute to longer life. However, it's important to find the right balance to avoid excessive inflammation and wear and tear, and to incorporate daily movement and good sleep habits for optimal health and longevity.
Dr. Kurt Hong, a longevity expert, reversed his biological age by 11 years through a healthy lifestyle that includes a Mediterranean diet, regular cardio and resistance exercise, vitamin D supplementation, and mental challenges, emphasizing proactive health habits for longevity.
A USC study finds that Americans with less education are aging faster biologically than those with more schooling, and this gap has nearly doubled over 30 years, highlighting education as a key social determinant of health and increasing health inequality.
Scientists have identified the specific age when the body begins to age more rapidly and suggest strategies to mitigate this process, emphasizing the role of technology and health interventions.
A new free online calculator, based on recent research, can estimate your heart's biological age using simple health questions, helping you assess if your heart is aging faster than your chronological age.
A recent study published in Cell reveals that different organs age at varying rates, with blood vessels being particularly vulnerable after age 50, and the adrenal gland showing early changes around age 30. Research into proteins as markers of biological age is advancing, promising new ways to predict and potentially slow age-related decline.
Researchers have developed DunedinPACNI, a tool that uses a single brain scan taken midlife to accurately assess biological aging and predict risks of diseases like dementia, potentially enabling earlier interventions to improve health outcomes.
A study from Brigham Young University found that high-impact exercise, such as jogging or HIIT, can reduce biological age by nearly a decade by lengthening telomeres, the protective DNA caps at chromosome ends, which shorten with age. Regular high-intensity activity is necessary to see significant anti-aging benefits, with options including running, cycling, rowing, and spin classes.
Research from Stanford University indicates that brain age, as measured by a blood test analyzing protein levels, can predict lifespan, with younger brain age associated with longer life and lower risk of diseases like Alzheimer's. The study suggests that brain health is a key factor in longevity, highlighting the importance of understanding and potentially targeting brain aging to improve health outcomes.
Stanford Medicine researchers developed an algorithm analyzing blood proteins to determine the biological age of organs, revealing that a 'young brain' correlates with longer life and lower disease risk, especially for Alzheimer's. The study suggests potential for early intervention and personalized medicine to improve healthspan and lifespan.
A 2022 British study published in Nature found that walking at a brisk pace (over 4 mph) can reduce biological age by up to 16 years, highlighting the importance of walking speed over total steps for health benefits.
Research indicates that engaging in 90 minutes of strength training weekly can reduce biological age by nearly four years, with 180 minutes potentially reversing aging by up to eight years. The study emphasizes the importance of strength exercises in mitigating age-related damage and promoting overall health, and suggests starting with bodyweight exercises like squats, lunges, push-ups, and pull-ups before progressing to weights.
A British study shows that walking at a brisk pace can reduce biological age by up to 16 years, emphasizing that increasing walking speed, even slightly, offers significant health benefits and can be easily incorporated into busy schedules to improve longevity and mental well-being.