Monday, November 25, 2024

Study Finds Humans Age Faster at 2 Sharp Peaks

The progress of a human being through life might be thought of as a mostly gradual succession of changes from the ovum to the grave. But if you wake up one morning, look in the mirror, and wonder when you suddenly grew so much older, you may not be imagining things.

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... According to research into the molecular changes associated with aging, humans experience two drastic lurches forward, one at the average age of 44 and the other at the average age of 60.

"We're not just changing gradually over time; there are some really dramatic changes," geneticist Michael Snyder of Stanford University said in August when the study was published.

"It turns out the mid-40s is a time of dramatic change, as is the early 60s. And that's true no matter what class of molecules you look at." ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-25 12:05 AM

I'm 72 and I swear I was still a kid just 3 years ago. And now I'm old on every measure.

#2 | Posted by prius04 at 2024-11-26 07:15 PM

@#2

Back in the day, I used to ride a bicycle around the area.

20, 30, 40, sometimes 50 miles in a ride (I even did the Golden Apple Century). Up and down (the downhills were awesome :) ) the hills of the area.

Then, around 2000 or so, I hit my late 40's and I noticed a change. My endurance plunged.

So, my experience seems to correlate with what the article cites.

It was not a gradual transition for me, but a ~everything is OK, then... whoa, what happened~ type of experience.



#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-11-26 07:41 PM

Marriage. What's the other one?

#4 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2024-11-26 08:21 PM

Yeah, that is how it played out for me and my peers.

Middle age and old age are clearly defined.

#5 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-11-27 04:55 AM

My concern is how many lives Trump's impending 2nd shot at the Project '25 Grand Prize will indifferently shorten. Tariffs, baby! Fudge yeah...that's the ticket!

#6 | Posted by dutch46 at 2024-11-27 03:37 PM

TDS will age you faster than all of them. Your stomach is the first thing that will fail. All that hate pumps excess acid, which will cause an ulcer.
You will become delusional, imagining hidden strangers coming after you. You will begin muttering and side-eying trying to catch people looking at you..
Finally you will be diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.

#7 | Posted by phesterOBoyle at 2024-11-27 07:36 PM

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