Feeling lonely & unhappy can speed up aging more than smoking

According to a new study, poor mental health might age a person more quickly than smoking or some illnesses. There are two distinct ages in humans. There are two types of age: chronological age, which indicates how long a person has been on Earth, and biological age, which describes how old a person appears to be. One's biological age can be influenced by a variety of lifestyle factors, including food, exercise, and psychological health. According to a recent study by Deep Longevity, a Hong Kong-based longevity company, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Stanford University, negative emotions, including melancholy, loneliness, and general discontent, increase a person's biological age by 1.65 years. The study also found that sleeping uncomfortably can add 0.44 years and smoking up to 1.25 years to a person's biological age. According to the study, a new "aging clock" was developed using data from 4,846 Chinese individuals who participated in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study in 2015. 16 blood indicators, including glucose and cholesterol levels, as well as other health variables, including blood pressure, body mass index, lung function, and sex, were included in the data. Researchers compared the participants in the CHARLS study's chronological ages to the ages suggested by their new "aging clock." According to the findings, the new age was about 5.6 years older than the real ages of the CHARLS members. Additionally, the researchers discovered that those who smoked and those with a history of liver, lung, or stroke disease were projected to be older than the other 4,451 healthy adults in the group. The study also discovered that biological age was influenced by other environmental factors, such as marital status, geographic isolation, and access to medical care.