By Jason Witt
When you receive the Seal you will begin to take better care of your health, especially as you start to age. One of the benefits associated with staying fit in a recent study is a younger body at a cellular level.
There are strands of of DNA on the ends of all the cells in your body. As you age those strands start to become shorter. It has been found that people who stay fit have longer strands so their bodies are younger. The ends of these strands are telomeres. They stop the DNA in your cells' chromosomes from unraveling. Older people have shorter ends on the strands than younger people have.
Those telomeres become shorter each time your cells divide. Eventually when you are old enough those strands become so short that the cells start cutting into the chromosomes where the genes are needed to define the characteristics of the body.
The body ends up "shutting down" those cells so they do not grow into malignant tumors. But that means as you grow old your body starts shutting down a lot of cells whose strands have grown too short.
And this varies among people. Some people have longer telomeres to begin with and those telomeres shorten at different speeds in different people. Some people have stronger telomeres that resist unraveling for longer. But researchers are not ready yet to prescribe exercise to everyone to keep their bodies young. This study shows active people have younger cells with longer telomeres. But just how that is related to exercise is not known.
It might be that exercise somehow strengthens the telomeres so they do not grow shorter as quickly. But it might also be that people with sturdier telomeres tend to exercise more. The enzyme telomerase makes embryos able to have long telomeres and to be born young. Researchers are looking for a way to use telomerase to further halt the aging process. But that is a difficult task.
Telomerase often can cause cancer or speed it up. It can cause abnormal cells to multiply with a youthful vigor. So researchers need to overcome the cancer challenge. They need to use telomerase without causing cancer.
Though researchers are not sure exercise simply slows down aging, they still recommend staying fit for people who are getting older. And to stay fit you do not need to do any vigorous exercise. You can stay fit by walking briskly 30 minutes each day most days of the week. This is achievable by most people. You will not need expensive memberships or equipment. You just need the willingness to stay fit.
When you are sealed God will help you nurse yourself back to health. One of the best ways to do this is by staying fit. You do not need to train for a marathon, just stay fit enough to remain active. God will give you the motivation to stay fit. It is achievable when you start by doing something like brisk walking every day. You will also relieve stress and a brisk walk has the power to improve your mood too.
When you are sealed you will want to stay young as long as possible. You will want to stay fit and active so you can do God's work as long as possible in this life He has given you when you receive the Seal.
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