The risks of everyday plastics may go beyond environmental concerns, affecting our reproductive health on a cellular level. Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), a common plastic additive found in toys, cleaning products, food packaging, and cosmetics, has been linked to reproductive and developmental impairments. A recent study in worms found that BPP induced abnormalities in chromosome segregation and increased cell death in reproductive cells. Researchers exposed C. elegans, a type of roundworm, to four different concentrations of BBP: 1, 10, 100, and 500 micromolar. Then, they measured the chemica... metabolism inflammation dna damage pollution environment genome
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Watch nowTelomeres are tiny caps on the ends of chromosomes that protect our DNA from damage. They get shorter every year and are a biological marker for aging. Exercise is one of the most robust ways to slow telomere attrition and someone that is very physically active may have a biological age that is even 10 years younger than their chronological age. In this study, a high level of exercise was defined as 30 minutes of jogging per day for 5 days a week for women and 40 minutes per day for men. Get out there and sweat! FTA: > Exercise science professor Larry Tucker found adults with high physical... exercise aging telomeres
Read more> Exercise science professor Larry Tucker found adults with high physical activity levels have telomeres with a biological aging advantage of nine years over those who are sedentary, and a seven-year advantage compared to those who are moderately active. To be highly active, women had to engage in 30 minutes of jogging per day (40 minutes for men), five days a week. > "If you want to see a real difference in slowing your biological aging, it appears that a little exercise won't cut it," Tucker said. "You have to work out regularly at high levels." ... exercise aging telomeres
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