what wrinkles?

Before you throw in the towel, new evidence recently published in Preventative Medicine suggests you should give your exercise routine a fighting chance. Turns out, in addition to its aid in weight loss, exercise can actually prevent aging. To prove this theory, researchers measured the telomeres, or protein caps on the ends of human chromosomes that mark aging and overall health, of nearly 6,000 adults. They carefully monitored the subject’s physical activities as well as how often they participated in them. Each time a cell replicates, a tiny bit of telomere is lost, in e ect getting shorter with age. During this study, however, it was observed that people who exercised the most had significantly longer telomeres. We don’t know about you, but we’re on our way to the gym.