Old myths about aging dispelled

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The better the body copes with cellular damage, the better and longer the life . . . . Research dispels old myths about aginghttp://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/may/29/tom-kirkwood-research-dispels-myths-ageing"What we now know is that the genetic factors that influence your longevity are not genes that measure out the passage of time; the reason we age and die is because, as we live our lives, our bodies accumululate a great variety of small faults in the cells, and the molecules that make up the cells in our body – so ageing is driven by this accumulation of faults. The genes that influence longevity are those that influence how well the body copes with damage, how aggressive our repair mechanisms are; they're genes that regulate the house-keeping and maintenance and repair." Sears, DC, IAYT1218 NW 21st AvePortland, Oregon 97209www.docbones.com