Scientists Say Your Body Starts Aging Faster After 50—but Not All Parts at Once

"Parts Of It Literally Turn To Bone": Here's The Area Of Your Body You Must Stretch As You Age

Neglecting this area of your body can come with painful consequences the older you get.View Entire Post ›

Scientists Say Your Body Starts Aging Faster After 50—but Not All Parts at Once

Scientists found certain tissues and organs go through the aging process at different rates than others—they also found the proteins that cause it.

Why Your Body Starts to Age Faster at 50

Fact checked by Jennifer KlumpCrispin la valiente / Getty Images A new study suggests that aging accelerates at 50.You might start aging faster once you turn 50. A new study found that organ and tissue aging accelerates around this age. However, not everything declines at the same rate: blood vessels start aging even faster than other parts of the body.Aging May Speed Up Around Age 50The new study, published in Cell, analyzed tissue samples from…