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L'Oreal Thompson Payton

Stress is making your biological age older than it actually is. Recovering could make you younger again

Portrait of mature woman looking at senior husband. (Credit: Getty Images)

If your driver’s license says one age, but you feel older than that, stress may be to blame. According to a new study published in the journal Cell Metabolism, severe stress causes an increase in biological age, while recovery tends to reverse it.

Unlike your chronological age, which is determined by your birth date, your biological age can be impacted by disease, drug treatment, lifestyle changes, and environmental exposures, among other factors, according to researchers.

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