Wellness
However, DNA methylation doesnt tell the whole story.
Im not a wellness guru, but I consider myself to be pretty damn healthy.
(One kit costs $229.)
The efficiency at which you do that is slightly different based on how you methylate.
Aging, then, is thedegradation of cells.
Your DNA begins to get damaged and oxidize just like an apple, says Khan.
And yet the Tally test clocked me at a full year and eight months past my chronological age.
What the hell gives?
A healthy lifestyle is really important, BTW, if longevity is your endgame.
As I recently learned, how you age and how long you live is not solelygenetic.
The vast majority of aging is environment and lifestyle, says Johnson.
In that case, you should have a lot of control over how long you live.
So… can you lower your biological age?
Neil Paulvin, M.D., a physician and functional medicine doctor.
Ironically enough, though, Khan points out that most people are biologically older than their chronological age.
We all have our vices and indulge in one way or another.
No one is out here actually living like Gwyneth Paltrow.
Theres never been a time in history when people have been this sick.
Is it to scare people into being more serious about their wellness routines?
All three of my experts said yes thats exactly it.
The hope is that tests like these will be an incentive, says Khan.
Well, the incentive didnt really work on me.
Instead of becoming even healthier, I found myself filled with anger and existential dread.
So I decided to just keep on as I was before.
I already know what it takes to be Peak Wellness.
When I want to eat a super-processed Crunchwrap Supreme, I’m going to.
If I choose a burger over the branzino, so be it let me live.
So maybe itdidwork on me.
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Modified six-minute walk test: number of steps per second.
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Biological age is increased by stress and restored upon recovery.
Rxiv 2022.05.04.490686; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.04.490686
Rodriguez-Rodero, S. (2011).
