Monday, August 29, 2016

Here's everything scientists know about how to avoid ageing - ScienceAlert

Here's everything scientists know about how to avoid ageing - ScienceAlert
"It’s rare that a long, technical paper in a biology journal turns out to be a page-turner.
But it happens.
A team of researchers published a thorough review of the science of why we age this week in the journal Cell.
It ties together that still-young field’s confusing, sometimes contradictory findings into a single coherent whole and offers the most complete explanation I’ve seen anywhere as to why human beings get old, as well as what we can do to slow the ageing process.
As a science writer – and reader – used to incomplete and occasionally absurd claims about staving off old age, I found this paper genuinely difficult to put down.
Here are some of its most important takeaways.
Ageing is all about your metabolism
All told, the authors identified nine key hallmarks of ageing on your metabolism..."
Read on and live longer!!

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