Biological age and chronological age are not the same thing. Research in epigenetics has demonstrated that lifestyle habits accelerate or decelerate cellular aging at a measurable level. Some men at 45 have the biological profile of a 35-year-old. ADVERTISEMENT
1. Chronic sleep deprivation. Sleep is when cellular repair, DNA damage correction, and hormonal reset occur. Consistently sleeping under six hours has been shown to accelerate telomere shortening — the biological marker most directly associated with cellular aging.
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