The telomere effect a revolutionary approach to living younger, healthier, longer

"Have you wondered why some 60-year olds look and feel like 40-year-olds and why some 40-year-olds look and feel like 60-year-olds? While many factors contribute to aging and illness, Nobel Prize-winning Doctor Elizabeth Blackburn discovered biological markers, called telomerase, the enzyme that rep...

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Main Authors: Blackburn, Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Helen), 1948- (Author), Epel, Elissa (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Telomeres : a pathway to living younger
  • How prematurely aging cells make you look, feel, and act old
  • The power of long telomeres
  • Telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes telomeres
  • Your cells are listening to your thoughts
  • Unraveling : how stress gets into your cells
  • Mind your telomeres : negative thinking, resilient thinking
  • When blue turns to gray : depression and anxiety
  • Help your body protect its cells
  • Training your telomeres : how much exercise is enough?
  • Tired telomeres : from exhaustion to restoration
  • Telomeres weigh in : a healthy metabolism
  • Food and telomeres : eating for optimal cell health
  • Outside in: the social world shapes your telomeres
  • The places and faces that support our telomeres
  • Pregnancy : cellular aging begins in the womb
  • Childhood matters for life : how the early years shape telomeres.