Since humans can't yet achieve perfect immortality, a new study claims that the answer to having a longer life may be hidden in telomeres. That said, the study finds that people who exercised the most had biological aging markers, known as telomeres, which can make them look nine years younger than those living a sedentary lifestyle. Telomeres are known to be the protein caps on the ends of human chromosomes serving as the markers of aging and overall health. 

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Telomeres: The New Fountain of Youth?

Despite the fact that there is a specific industry devoted to the so-called "anti-aging" and processes alike, the biological truth is that a person's fate is written in his DNA. Researchers explain that in humans, those telomeres will eventually get too short and coding in the DNA will start to be lost in the replication process, which then leads to a major interruption into cell regeneration. Hence, the experts say that if human cells are no longer replicating at the rate they once did, the aging process slows down.

Furthermore, study lead author Larry Tucker, a professor of exercise science at Brigham Young University, has revealed that people with shorter telomeres are likely to die sooner and are more likely to develop a number of chronic diseases. Additionally, while researchers say that it's not a perfect research, they strongly affirm that it's a very good index of biological aging. It was found that prior studies has relied on self-reports about physical activity and was only able to show an association between exercise amount and telomere length. However, Tucker claims that a link between physical activity and cellular aging makes sense since it accounts factors that could possibly affect exercise habits, genetic changes, or both.

Study Proposition

Ultimately, the researchers highly emphasize that there is no guarantee that people with longer telomeres will live longer. At the end of the day, it is still up to a matter of lifestyle choice. For more news about health, life, science and technology, be sure to keep checking them here only at Telegiz.