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What Are Telomeres

at 8:42

From the episode: Nutrition and Bio-Hacking w/ Martin Tobias, CEO, Bulletproof Labs

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When it comes to longevity, health, and vitality, you have to determine which measurements to use to measure them. Telomeres are more commonly used because they are easy to measure and the test is cheap. Telomeres are the ends of your DNA strands. Each time a strand divides, the telomere gets shorter. Over a lifetime, your telomere length is correlated to your age.

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