Stress Shortens Your Life By Shortening Telomeres

As we age several things will cause our telomeres to shorten which in turn shortens our lives.

This segment features Nobel Prize winner Elizabeth Blackburn and her research on the effects of stress on telomeres.

Can We Prevent Telomere Shortening?

In case you don’t know, telomeres are tiny caps on the ends of DNA strands. As we age, they wear down. Once they’re gone, we die.

In this video series, Bill Andrews of http://manhattanbeachproject.com/ explains about telomeres and how we may be able to prevent them from wearing off or even extend them