The telomere effect : a revolutionary approach to living younger, healthier, longer
by Blackburn, Elizabeth H. 1948- (Author), Epel, Elissa (Author)
Summary
"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... Full description
- 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.