Friday, 1 September 2017

The Telomere Effect by Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel




All quotes from Elizabeth and Elissa’s book

Your telomeres are listening to you.  The foods you eat, your response to challenges, the amount of exercise you get, and many other factors appear to influence your telomeres and can prevent premature aging at the cellular level. 

Scientists have learned that several thought patterns appear to be unhealthy for telomeres, and one of them is cynical hostility. Cynical hostility is defined by high anger and frequent thoughts that other people cannot be trusted. 

When you ruminate, stress sticks around in the body long after the reason for the stress is over.