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Study shows it’s possible to switch on your longevity genes
June 25, 2021
- A recent study carried out by Dr. Kara Fitzgerald has shown that it’s possible to switch on your longevity genes.
- By simply changing your diet, incorporating exercising, and sleeping more hours, you can be able to reduce your biological age by up to 3 years in a matter of weeks!
- The findings show the limitless possibilities of altering the methylation process by simply being mindful of our lifestyle.
Let’s start by dispelling a myth that you’ve heard time and time again; there’s no such thing as dying of old age. The truth is, we all die of something. The ‘curse’ of aging is something that we all have to endure, and it’s the main reason why we fall ill and eventually die.
Aging is a biological clock innately in us. But death, in a sense, is partly in our control. This is why we hear of people living up to 110 years and surviving some of the most devastating pandemics in history. But then again, there is a 60-year-old who might not be so lucky.
We are currently living in a time where technology allows us to access many of the physical markers present in our bodies to determine our biological age. So by eating and living right, you might be pleased to find that your biological age could drop much lower than your chronological age. Sadly, your choices might also lead you in the other ‘not-so-favorable’ direction.
As scientists transcend deeper into the study of aging, they are uncovering some truly spectacular findings. It turns out that you can reverse your biological age to some degree. That is, as long as you are willing to flip the right genetic switches. It all boils down to the decisions that you make right now. Your health decisions will determine whether you will activate the genes of longevity or the genes of bodily dysfunction and disease.
In fact, a recent study carried out by a team of researchers led by Dr. Kara Fitzgerald made a massive breakthrough. They conducted a randomized control trial on 43 male adults aged between 50 and 72. And over a period of eight weeks, the men were subjected to specific dietary and lifestyle changes while being monitored by the research team. A section of the men was also placed in a control group to maintain their regular eating and lifestyle habits.
Dietary changes for the intervention group included adopting low-carbohydrate, nutrient-dense, and intermittent fasting diets that focused on quality plant and animal foods. The scientists also added polyphenols and probiotics to the participants’ regimens because they were looking to primarily target methylation pathways in the body.
Simply put, methylation is the switching process of turning your genes on and off. It is extremely vital for health and aging reasons, and some of the markers present allow scientists to determine an individual’s biological age based on behavioral patterns of methylation.
Aside from a change in diet, lifestyle changes also involved factoring in a minimum half-hour walk at least five days a week. The study also included incorporating relaxation techniques such as breathing exercises twice a day for about 20 minutes. And lastly, the participants were required to sleep for about seven hours a day.
After eight weeks of completing the new lifestyle approach and change in diet, scientists noted that the control group had left the study slightly older than when they checked in.
As for the intervention group, they had become roughly 3.23 years younger in terms of biological age.
This study is truly unique in that it demonstrates that there is a natural, but decision-driven strategy to target our body’s methylation system. By altering our diets, including exercise, and sleeping more hours, we can deal with chronic stress and set our biological clocks back significantly.
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