Aging could slow down with one common daily habit: ‘Live longer and better’
Aging can’t be stopped, but a daily pill could slow it down, according to new research led by Mass General Brigham in Boston.
Among people who took a multivitamin every day for two years, biological aging slowed down by about four months, found the study, which was published in Nature Medicine.
Biological aging refers to the pace of aging on a cellular level, which is often different from chronological age.
The findings came from a large randomized clinical trial of nearly 1,000 healthy older adults averaging 70 years of age. The participants were divided into four groups — one took a daily multivitamin-multimineral supplement along with a cocoa extract, one took a daily cocoa extract and placebo, one took a placebo and multivitamin, and one took just a placebo, according to the study press release.
The researchers analyzed blood samples taken from the participants at three points during the study, looking at five biomarkers known as “epigenetic clocks” that measure age-related changes to DNA.
“Aging at the cellular level can be marked by DNA methylation, where in some cells it decreases and in some it increases,” Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst, told Fox News Digital. “This is also described as epigenetic changes – or DNA expression.” (Read more from “Aging could slow down with one common daily habit: ‘Live longer and better’” HERE)
