Exercise for half an hour a day; eat a diet rich In fruits, vegetables, and
whole grains (and low In fat and refined sugar); and spend an hour a day taking part in stress-reducing activities, such as yoga or meditation. These simple steps could be the key to slowing down aging in all your body’s cells.

That’s what a group of scientists led by Dean Ornish, M.D., of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, CA, found in a pilot study of men with low-risk prostate cancer who’d been following such a healthy lifestyle for three months. As expected, the men lost weight, lowered their blood pressure, and increased the activity of disease- preventing genes. But something else happened that was even more exciting: The healthy lifestyle spurred a 29 percent boost in the activity of an age-defying enzyme (called telomerase) that usually declines with advancing years or disease.

Nothing else, no drug, has ever put the brakes on this enzyme, which Is an indicator of cellular aging. The potential life-extending benefits aren’t just for men or people fighting cancer, the researchers stress. “Your body’s cells are aging, but there are lifestyle changes you can make to slow down the process,” says coauthor Jue Lin, Ph.D., a molecular biologist at the University of California, San Francisco.

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