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I am currently reading the “The Telomere Effect: A Revolutionary Approach to Living Younger, Healthier, Longer”. A fascinating scientific book on how our telomeres shape our disease - and lifespan and that we can actually influence our lifespan with lifestyle choices. Telomeres are protective tips at the end of our chromosomes. They get shorter during lifespan and eventually cannot protect chromosomes properly anymore which leads to diseases and ageing. I will write an entire

Why do people age differently? Why are some people looking old before their time? Why do some people get serious health problems starting at age 50 and others live healthy into their 80s? It all has to do with our telomeres. Telomeres are protective tips at the end of our chromosomes. They get shorter during lifespan and eventually cannot protect chromosomes properly anymore which leads to diseases and ageing. But we can do something about the condition of our telomeres. We c