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We all know that unhealthy diets and sedentary lifestyles are factors that have been driving the obesity epidemic. But a new study out of the Mayo Clinic has also linked them to the biology of aging. That’s right, what you eat and how physically active you are directly influences how quickly you age.
A little background
The study starts with senescent cells.
Cells are continuously experiencing stress and damage from a wide variety of sources (for example: UV radiation, environmental chemicals, adverse physical stimulus, inflammation). Cells will continue to grow and divide as long as they stay healthy and have intact DNA. But when the stress or damage becomes too much, the cells will stop what they are doing and start a repair and recovery process. If the repair process is not successful, the cell will either die or enter a dormant state called senescence. Senescent cells no longer divide, and their function just deteriorates.
The problem with senescent cells is that they have been shown to contribute to diseases and conditions associated with age. In fact, various disorders associated with accelerated aging such as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria, arthritis and Werner syndrome have been linked to the accumulation of senescent cells.
The impact of diet & exercise
Researchers from the fed mice either a normal, healthy diet, or a diet that they dubbed the “fast food diet,” which was high in saturated fat, cholesterol and sugar. The mice on the fast food diet showed dangerous changes in health parameters, like body weight. In fact, their fat mass increased by nearly 300% over the course of just four months.
