If you haven't heard about it or read about it -- you will!! Telomeres are described below.  They may be critrical for our health and how we age and how we develop some diseases!!

The BEST Program can test your telomere length through special testing at Spectracell Labs in Houston, Texas.  The best news is-- we can improve the shortening of telomeres than may lead to problems!!

Here is the information and a link to the article in TIME magazine:

The field of biological aging has in recent years focused on the long molecules of DNA contained in human cells called chromosomes. All chromosomes have protective caps at either end called telomeres. Each time a cell replicates itself (as it does before it dies), the telomeres shorten, like plastic tips fraying on the end of shoelaces. Shortened telomeres have been linked to a host of age-related illnesses such as heart disease and certain cancers. (Scientists have yet to study whether telomeres influence a person's appearance.) Last year's Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to three American scientists for their work in the field, and many scientists now believe that telomeres are the closest we may come to identifying a biological clock — and our best bet for learning how to stop or turn back that clock.

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1963637,00.html#ixzz0hECwJNka

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