Epigenetic Clocks for Testing Your Biological Age

Epigenetic clocks have become established as robust measures of chronological age, surpassing telomere length as the best age predictor. In addition to predicting time-to-death, epigenetic clocks also appear to foretell healthspan indicators, such as cognitive decline, frailty, arthritis, and the progression of diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. What are telomeres? See What to Eat to Prevent Telomere Shortening (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/what-to-eat-to-prevent-telomere-shortening/). For more on epigenetics and disease, see my videos The Role of Epigenetics in the Obesity Epidemic (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-role-of-epigenetics-in-the-obesity-epidemic/) and Animal Protein, Pregnancy, and Childhood Obesity (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/animal-protein-pregnancy-and-childhood-obesity/). For more on how to slow biological aging, check out my book How Not to Age (https://nutritionfacts.org/book/how-not-to-age/) from your local public library. If you haven’t seen them yet, check out the book trailer (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/book-trailer-for-how-not-to-age) and my new presentation (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-age-live-presentation/). (As always, all proceeds I receive from all of my books (https://nutritionfacts.org/books/) are donated to charity.) New subscribers to our e-newsletter always receive a free gift. Get yours here: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/epigenetic-clocks-for-testing-your-biological-age and someone on the NutritionFacts.org team will try to answer it. Want to get a list of links to all the scientific sources used in this video? Click on Sources Cited at https://nutritionfacts.org/video/epigenetic-clocks-for-testing-your-biological-age. You’ll also find a transcript and acknowledgements for the video, my blog and speaking tour schedule, and an easy way to search (by translated language even) through our videos spanning more than 2,000 health topics. Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution! -Michael Greger, MD FACLM Captions for this video are available in several languages; you can find yours in the video settings. View important information about our translated resources: https://nutritionfacts.org/translations-info/ https://NutritionFacts.org • Subscribe: https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe • Donate: https://nutritionfacts.org/donate • Podcast : https://nutritionfacts.org/audio • Books: https://nutritionfacts.org/books • Shop: https://drgreger.org • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org • Twitter: https://twitter.com/nutrition_facts • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org