Just like smoking ages your body, feeling lonely ages your soul. A recent study reveals that being unhappy or lonely can have a detrimental effect on your biological clock, accelerating the aging process. This means that while smoking may give you wrinkles, loneliness actually speeds up the ticking of your internal time bomb. Damaged by unhappiness, your biological clock becomes a ticking time bomb for diseases like Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and diabetes. But what is it about loneliness that puts the pedal to the metal on aging? Scientists believe that chronic loneliness triggers chronic inflammation, which in turn damages cells and DNA. So it’s not just about feeling down in the dumps; loneliness can have serious consequences for your health. If you want to know more about how unhappiness speeds up aging, dive into this fascinating study!
A new study found that being unhappy or lonely accelerates the aging process more than smoking. An international team of experts says that the biological clock is damaged by unhappiness, increasing the risk for Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, diabetes, and other…
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