New research has challenged the traditional idea that aging is a gradual process of decline and deterioration.
Recent studies have suggested that it may be possible to reverse the effects of aging. The research has shown that biological age is not fixed but rather fluid and can change rapidly in response to various forms of stress. The researchers also observed similar changes in biological age during major surgery, pregnancy, and severe COVID-19 in both humans and mice. This discovery opens up new possibilities for interventions that target the elevation of biological age caused by stress. It is an exciting development that could lead to new treatments and therapies for age-related diseases.
De-stressing and learning to respond to environmental stressors better reverse, to a degree, ageing and degenerative processes associated with it.
Reference: Poganik JR, Zhang B, Baht GS, Tyshkovskiy A, Deik A, Kerepesi C, Yim SH, Lu AT, Haghani A, Gong T, Hedman AM, Andolf E, Pershagen G, Almqvist C, Clish CB, Horvath S, White JP, Gladyshev VN. Biological age is increased by stress and restored upon recovery. Cell Metab. 2023 Apr 4:S1550-4131(23)00093-1. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2023.03.015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37086720.
