U ČEMU JE MEDICINSKA TAJNA DUGOVJEČNOSTI
WHAT IS A MEDICAL SECRET OF LONGEVITY

Summary/Abstract: Age and aging are not synonymous. Aging is a normal physiological process that begins immediately after birth, is irreversible and individuals progresses at different rates. Age is defined by years of life (chronological time). Biological aging, includes changes in the functions of the body during the time, the slowdown and the decline all functions. Psychological aging, proper evaluation of aging and mental reactions that accompany the experience of aging. Social aging, the way people perceive aging in relation to society. Length of life depends on inherited traits (genetic structure), the specifics of the environment (quality of life) and to the fullest extent of the fortunate or unfortunate circumstances. Accelerate aging: smoking, alcohol, inadequate nutrition, drugs, decreased physical activity, systemic diseases (metabolic, endocrine, immune).Participation of the old people of 65 and over in 2005 was 14.4% in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but the estimate in 2050 it will be 33.8%. To ensure the long life it is necessary to slow the deterioration of cells, in all situations in which we can personally affect, so we slow down the intensity of replication of the genome (i.e. to slow spending telomeres), and thereby extend the life of certain types of tissue and whole organism.Interestingly, by measuring telomere length in peripheral blood samples we can read a lot, for example, a predisposition to aging, diseases and problems associated with aging.

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