What if the so-called “inevitable” decline of aging isn’t inevitable at all? A new study in Nature Aging just threw a wrench into one of modern medicine’s favorite theories: that inflammation naturally worsens with age. Turns out, that only seems to happen if you live like most of us in the industrialized world—plugged in, stressed out, and boxed up. Meanwhile, Indigenous elders, untouched by our modern conveniences, age without that slow-burn internal fire we call inflammation. Maybe the problem isn’t age. Maybe it’s us.
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