A simple lifestyle adjustment could potentially slow down the body\u2019s biological aging process, according to new research.<\/p>\n
The study, published in the journal Aging, investigated how a diet change and easy exercise regimen affected men\u00a0between the ages of 50 and 74 over a three-month period.<\/p>\n
Researchers designed a clinical trial involving 48 overweight men in Japan.<\/p>\n
Over a 12-week period, half of the participants followed a strictly structured wellness routine, while the other half maintained their usual habits.<\/p>\n
For the intervention group, the routine required consuming 100 grams of\u00a0plain yogurt every day.<\/p>\n
This group also received individualized dietary counseling that advised them to curb overeating, avoid excessive snacking and cut out sugary drinks.<\/p>\n
They were also instructed to walk or use a\u00a0stepper machine\u00a0for roughly 30 minutes a day, at least three days each week.<\/p>\n
For the intervention group, the routine required consuming 100 grams of\u00a0plain yogurt every day. Maria Vitkovska \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n
To measure the impact of these changes,\u00a0the scientists collected\u00a0blood samples from all participants before and after the study, and also analyzed DNA for chemical changes that act as indicators of cellular age.<\/p>\n
Specifically, they used a measurement tool called DunedinPACE. Rather than assessing a person\u2019s chronological age in years, this tool calculates the precise rate at which an individual\u2019s\u00a0body is currently aging.<\/p>\n
The men who consumed the probiotic yogurt, adjusted their diets and exercised showed a statistically significant reduction in their pace of aging compared to the control group, the researchers said.<\/p>\n
On average, the speed of their biological aging slowed by approximately 2.2%.<\/p>\n
This group also received individualized dietary counseling that advised them to curb overeating, avoid excessive snacking and cut out sugary drinks. Grafvision \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n
The men who consumed the probiotic yogurt, adjusted their diets and exercised showed a statistically significant reduction in their pace of aging compared to the control group, the researchers said. Mumtaaz D\/peopleimages.com \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n
This reduction is roughly comparable to the slowing of biological aging observed in a previous two-year US study, in which participants reduced their daily calorie intake by 25%.<\/p>\n
This reduction in aging speed happened independently of\u00a0weight loss\u00a0, meaning it did not directly correlate with changes in the participants\u2019 body mass index or the exact number of exercise sessions they logged.<\/p>\n
The researchers also recorded a noticeable improvement in a\u00a0specific DNA marker\u00a0that is linked to kidney function.<\/p>\n
Because this study combined three distinct factors \u2014 probiotics, diet and exercise \u2014 the authors concluded that the anti-aging benefits cannot be attributed to any single component.<\/p>\n
Instead, the slowed aging rate appears to be the result of a combined effect.<\/p>\n
The researchers also acknowledged clear limitations of the study, including its small sample size and short duration. Also, the participant pool was restricted to overweight men of a single nationality.<\/p>\n
More research is needed to determine whether these short-term biological shifts can translate into permanent, long-term\u00a0health benefits, the study stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A simple lifestyle adjustment could potentially slow down the body\u2019s biological aging process, according to new research. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":754715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[2594,3457,3286,97,24847,18334],"class_list":["post-754714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-aging","tag-diets","tag-food-drink","tag-health","tag-health-food","tag-mens-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/754715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}