In an earlier post, I mentioned how a large amount of new research shows that chronic stress plays a major role in destroying the memory engine (hippocampus) of your brain.
Additionally, I’ve also pointed out how many studies now implicate stress as playing a major role in:
- Diabetes
- Atherosclerosis (which leads to heart attacks and strokes)
- Cancer
Now new studies suggest it actually causes premature aging of your immune system. From a recent article in Forbes:
Research suggests that stress can shorten the chunks of DNA at the tips of chromosomes in cells, making it harder for them to work properly, according to the Elissa Epel, a psychologist at the University of California at San Francisco. The bits of DNA “are like the plastic caps on the ends of our shoelaces. They prevent the ends from fraying,” she said.
Tags: atherosclerosis, cancer, diabetes, elissa-epel, hippocampus, immune-system, premature-aging, psychologist, stress, strokes
