YOU’LL NOTICE A CHANGE SOONER THAN YOU THINK

IT MAY take a while for you to notice a youthful flush coming back to your cheeks — but on a microscopic level, changes can take place much quicker.

Studies have found that lifestyle changes such as those we’ve been describing in this series can have a positive effect on your telomeres as quickly as several months. So even more reason to start today!

Should you take supplements?

A QUICK look online will reveal many companies who claim they know the secret of reversing ageing — and, they say, it’s through taking telomerase-boosting supplements, whether it’s by pill, injection or cream.

Telomerase, don’t forget, is the enzyme your body needs in order for your telomeres to grow and flourish.

But these supplements are not safety tested in the long run. If we have too much telomerase, it can actually promote uncontrolled cell growth, which can, in turn, cause cancer, especially cancers of the brain, lung cancers and melanoma.

Given this terrifying thought, you might wonder why we’ve suggested activities throughout this series that boost telomerase and thus help your telomeres grow.

Well, there’s a big difference to encouraging your body to make normal physiological responses to lifestyle changes and exposing yourself to an artificial substance.

Lifestyle methods are gentle and natural, and increase telomerase in safe amounts — unlike these dubious supplements.