If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)

Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Can extending telomeres make people live longer?

James_delores · 2020-08-24 01:40:25

Does too much exercise and fitness accelerate the attenuation of telomeres, thereby shortening our life span.

Options

24-08-2020 2:40am

#1
James_delores

Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭

Join Date: August 2020

Posts: 0
Does too much exercise and fitness accelerate the attenuation of telomeres, thereby shortening our life span.

Tagged:

health & fitness

0

Comments

Options
#2 24-08-2020 2:55am
Kaybaykwah

Registered Users Posts: 3,096 ✭✭✭

Join Date: July 2019

Posts: 3096

I've never heard of telomeres in my life, but I think you are onto something. What's a telomere?

0