The most-stressed women had immune cells that looked 10 years older than the rest.
\n\u2014 Epel et al., 2004<\/p>\n
That\u2019s not a metaphor.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what scientists actually found when they looked inside the bodies of women under long-term stress.<\/p>\n
Their cells weren\u2019t just tired, they were physically aging faster.<\/p>\n
How?<\/p>\n
Through damage to the telomeres, the protective ends of your chromosomes, which shrink as you age.<\/p>\n
Stress made them shrink faster.<\/p>\n
And the most stressed women? Their telomeres looked a decade older than normal.
\n-Nathan Crane<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The most-stressed women had immune cells that looked 10 years older than the rest. \u2014 Epel et al., 2004 That\u2019s not a metaphor. That\u2019s what scientists actually found when they looked inside the bodies of women under long-term stress. Their cells weren\u2019t just tired, they were physically aging faster. How? Through damage to the telomeres, … <\/p>\n