How to AGE SLOWER? #shorts

Name: How to AGE SLOWER? #shorts
Uploaded: 2022-06-24T19:54:23+00:00
Duration: 56 s
Channel: Claudia von Boeselager
Description: In this short presentation, the speaker reviews three key pieces of research on biological aging. First, a 20‑year longitudinal study of 2,000 twins…

24 Jun 2022 · 1 min

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In this short presentation, the speaker reviews three key pieces of research on biological aging. First, a 20‑year longitudinal study of 2,000 twins found that individuals who gain weight tend to age faster, while those who lose weight age more slowly, highlighting the importance of maintaining a healthy weight without becoming underweight. Second, a dietary intervention involving about 1,000 participants across five different diet regimes (high‑carb, high‑protein, low‑carb, etc.) showed that the effect of any given diet on biological age is highly individual: roughly 50 % of participants became biologically younger and 50 % became older, indicating a 50/50 chance that a particular diet will work for a given person. Finally, the speaker notes that the metric used—referred to as “lichen age,” an epigenetic age estimate—is estimated to be 30‑70 % determined by genetics, underscoring the substantial genetic component in biological aging. The overall message is that weight management, personalized diet selection, and genetic factors all play significant roles in how quickly we age biologically.

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And we followed 2,000 twins through 20 years. We saw that the people who are gaining weight age faster, the people who are losing weight age slower. So it's really important to be a healthy weight, and that's very different person to person. And you shouldn't be underweight either. But caloric restriction is an obvious one. Problem is we don't want to be hungry. Nobody, nobody enjoys being hungry. So we looked at different diets, and So we looked at 1,000 people on 5 different diets. And the outcome was, even if you're on a high-carb or a high-protein, low-carb, the chance is 50/50 it's going to work for you. So for 50% of people, they're going to get younger. 50% of people are going to get older. So what's really important is to find the right diet for you. And this is where lichen age is really interesting because about 30 to 70% of these lichens are, they're influenced by genes.