Deccan Chronicle

NUMBERS GAME

EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE WHOSE BIOLOGICAL AGE IS BETTER THAN THEIR CHRONOLOGI­CAL AGE

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Dr Mehmet Oz, the Turkish American cardiothor­acic surgeon at Columbia University and professor or pseudoscie­nce and author is 8 years younger than his chronologi­cal age of 57.

Milind Soman, model, actor and fitness promoter is 52 years old and his biological age is estimated to be 10 years younger.

Akshay Kumar, actor, producer, martial artist and stuntman is 50 years old and is young by 10 years in his biological calendar.

Rekha, actor and MP of Rajya Sabha is 69 years old whose biological age is seven years less. While all organs in the body age according to the chronologi­cal age, there are cases where the ageing is faster due to genetic and lifestyle changes.

Will Smith, actor, comedian, song writer and rapper is seven years younger than his chronologi­cal age of 49 years.

The aging clock works fast during childhood and teenage years and is found to settle by the time an individual is 20 years old. But in some cases, due to genetic factors and lifestyle issues like smoking, abuse of substances, alcohol, diabetes and other stress the individual is found to age faster.

Scientists have found that the breast is an organ which ages faster than other organs in the body. Even a healthy breast tissue is found to be three years older than the chronologi­cal age.

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