maxgulhanemd on Nostr: How fast you age, or what chronic disease you eventually get is a depends on your ...

How fast you age, or what chronic disease you eventually get is a depends on your mitochondrial heteroplasmy (rate of accumulation of mitochondrial DNA mutations)

Optimal lifestyle practices reduce mitochondrial heteroplasmy and therefore compress morbidity & postpone death

Key among them is strict circadian rhythm, which produces melatonin, guardian of mitochondrial genome & regulator of apoptosis & autophagy

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How fast you age is not set in stone, or your DNA
You can definitely speed it up with bad daily choices!

Improving your diet and lifestyle seems to slow aging, but
what is really happening is that it is just returning to normal