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Why does gravity slow down time?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Effect of Gravity on Time

The effect of gravity on time doesn't just happen in black holes. Everywhere there's curvature, time is slowed down. Time flows in a variable way as a function of the distance from the centr of the earth. Over your life, your feet will age one second more than your head only if you spend a lot of time standing up danielcartun lot of so i guess our feet are still young. We are still light on our feet, exactly. That's why you lay down all the time, just to keep your body, like in sink,. just to keep my feet young.

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