HH571: Encore Presentation- Stress: Accelerates Aging
Today, I want to talk about the fact that living in a place of chronic stress accelerates aging, and nobody wants that.
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Transcript
Welcome back to another episode of health hacks
Melissa Deally:as I continue talking about stress and how it impacts your
Melissa Deally:health and your lifespan. And today, I want to talk about the
Melissa Deally:fact that living in a place of chronic stress accelerates
Melissa Deally:aging, and nobody wants that. And the reality is is that all
Melissa Deally:you have to do is look at the our world leaders, and look at
Melissa Deally:what they look like when they go into office, and then look at
Melissa Deally:what they look like when they come out of office. You know,
Melissa Deally:look at whether it's, you know, the Canadian Prime Minister, US
Melissa Deally:presidents, British Prime Minister, Australian Prime
Melissa Deally:Minister, any of our world leaders, they have very
Melissa Deally:stressful jobs, and you look at their aging over the course of
Melissa Deally:time that they're in office, and you'll see that they age
Melissa Deally:significantly. And this is happening because stress speeds
Melissa Deally:up the aging process by shortening our telomeres, which
Melissa Deally:are like the protective caps on a on shoes laces. Well, there
Melissa Deally:are protective caps on the ends of our chromosomes, and high
Melissa Deally:stress will shorten those and so much research has come out in
Melissa Deally:the last 20 years about longevity and increasing our
Melissa Deally:health span and the importance for longer telomeres in order to
Melissa Deally:do that, and stress does the exact opposite. So what can you
Melissa Deally:do? Well, a really fun way that I love reducing my stress level
Melissa Deally:is to turn on either really calming music and just chilling
Melissa Deally:out and allowing that music to come over my body and almost
Melissa Deally:Envelop me in the music, as I just allow my nervous system to
Melissa Deally:calm or to put on some really uplifting music and dance it out
Melissa Deally:and just shift the energy. Dance it out, move my body. Because,
Melissa Deally:of course, movement can help lower our stress. So whichever
Melissa Deally:way you want to do it, whether it's calming, whether it's
Melissa Deally:uplifting, it might be different from day to day, depending
Melissa Deally:what's going on for you, but it's a really powerful way to
Melissa Deally:reduce the stress that you have in your life and bring some joy
Melissa Deally:back to your life and and then slow your aging process. In the
Melissa Deally:process, and I'm sure you want to slow your aging process,
Melissa Deally:don't we all.