It’s not just your imagination. There's growing buzz online and in real life that Gen Z , those born roughly between 1997 and 2012 are showing signs of “aging faster” than millennials did at the same age.
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It’s not just your imagination. There's growing buzz online and in real life that Gen Z , those born roughly between 1997 and 2012 are showi
I know “aging out” means the age of a young person who has reached the mandated age for a free public education and the school district is no longer required to provide special education and related services to the youth. That’s not what I mean today. I mean my grandchildren are “aging” faster these days! Or is it just me and time is flying faster? How can this be? Once holding them tightly in my…
Chronological age is the number of years a person has been alive, while biological age refers to the physiological age i.e. how old your metabolic body is, based on a number of factors
Chronological age is the number of years a person has been alive, while biological age refers to the physiological age i.e. how old your metabolic body is, based on a number of factors, like how your chromosomes have changed over time that depends on various factors including diet, exercise and sleeping habits, to name a few.
Telomeres are the caps on the end of human chromosomes, similar to the caps on the end of shoelaces, these proteins protect the ends of DNA strands from shortening and fraying. The length of telomeres tends to shorten or degrade with age. A genetic test can measure the length of your telomeres and thus provide the biological age that is encoded in your DNA.
The rate of telomere shortening may indicate the pace of aging in your cells of the body.
There are certain factors that can potentially increase the rate of telomere shortening or increases aging:
Smoking
Lack of physical activity
High oxidative stress
Obesity
Stress
Exposure to pollution
Chronic diseases like diabetes, etc.
Autoimmunity
To find out your biological aging and to know if you are aging slower or faster than the average population of your age group and ways to reduce metabolic aging, this genetic testing is done. At Freedom Age, you can consult our Functional Medicine specialist and can go ahead with this test and identify your biological age.