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Podcast 455: How to turn stress into strength in 7 days

CLEANING UP YOUR MENTAL MESS with Dr. Caroline Leaf

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Can We Longen Telomeres in Short Periods?

When telomeres get short, they send damaged signals to the mitochondria and vice versa. When we're under chronic stress, we are creating a stress soup that is characterized by high stress signatures,. High inflammation, possibly high insulin and high glucose, high levels of free radicals or oxidative stress. It dampens down the protective enzyme telomerase. We also know that smoking really dampens telomerases. So we really want to think about both systems and how to help them support each other, not wear down each other.

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