Aging Breakthroughs - Imagine 90 Becoming The New 30

Perhaps the aging process can't be stopped, but now it can be predicted. New research from Tel Aviv University is showing  there's a new biological marker that represents the age of a body's bones.  It's called the osseogrphic score (OSS) and can be used by doctors as a scientific tool for predicting a person's general functioning and lifespan.

What does that mean exactly?  From what I understand, if your doctor can determine that you'e aging "biologically faster" than you should, specific measures such as vitamin supplements and exercise can help slow down the process.

"While different biomarkers such as grey hair, wrinkles or elasticity of the skin can help us estimate a person's biological age, these features are hard to quantify.  With the new OSS biomarker, and treatment administered at a younger age, "at 90 people can function as though they are 30. 

The Tel Aviv University researchers investigated the bones of about 400 Russian families 787 men 18 to 89 years old and 723 women 18 to 90 years old. The results of the study indicated that men and women inherit different aging patterns. In men, the genes are more likely to influence how quickly they will age. For women, the genes are more likely to represent at what age visible changes in the bone will begin to appear.

Can you imagine the day when it's normal for people to live to be 125?   But, I guess the better question would be - what would you do differently today if you knew you would still be here well into your 100s?    

Comments

[Mary Thomas]

"Youth is wasted on the wrong people"
If we are knew in our teens and 20s what we know once we reach 40+, we would all be living to be 150! But Virgina is right, it is never too late to get on the right track. It just makes me wonder how much better I would feel now if I had realized this before. Kids, eat your veggies!!

[Virginia]

I do think it is very possible that I will live to 100. My vavavaboom is great. I do want to substitute my weight for more money and more love. Less weight, more money/love--and aren't they the same: all about value? I've begun writing about that as one topic on my blog www.vaboomer.com.
While I have started late, I feel it is never too late and regretting that I did start late is a waste of time and energy. So don't regret anything, it's all valuable information and inner guidance. Do differently now--today. Because tomorrow, this day is the past that you will be looking back on and wishing you had done such and such differently!