Forty-five Percent of People Age in Reverse, Yale Scientists Find

Most metaphors of aging suggest that after a certain point, we are over the hill and face an inevitable decline. If you eat your veggies and get in your steps, the common-sense view goes, you may be able to slow your slide. But barring the intervention of a plastic surgeon or some truly heroic lifestyle overhaul, there is no way to turn back the hands of time and actually age in reverse.

Except it appears that on this point common sense might be wrong. A huge new study out of Yale finds that rather than decline at a faster or slower pace, major markers of aging can actually reverse and improve later in life.

This isn’t a rare occurrence, in fact. A full 45 percent of us actually age in reverse at some point, the scientists discovered. And helpfully, they suggest one incredibly simple way to increase your own chances of seeing the clock spin backwards.

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