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467: The new science of longevity | Psychologist Elissa Epel, Ph.D.

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What Do We Know About Sleep and Telomeres?

There are several studies that suggest that if we get less than seven hours of sleep a night, we tend to be on the shorter side. The other aspect of sleep is not just the hours, but the quality. So, when we rate our sleep as low quality, that's associated with shorter telomeres. And my colleague Eric Pray, they're just wrote a book, a parallel book, I wrote the stress prescription, seven days to more joint ease. And he wrote the sleep prescription seven days to your best rest. But so, okay, so exercise, we covered nutrition, we covered, I love Mediterranean diet, we'll leave it at that,. Not very trendy or fashionable

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