{"id":242267,"date":"2026-08-05T17:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/how-to-protect-your-telomeres-for-healthy-aging-and-longevity"},"modified":"2026-08-05T17:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T22:05:08","slug":"how-to-protect-your-telomeres-for-healthy-aging-and-longevity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/08\/how-to-protect-your-telomeres-for-healthy-aging-and-longevity","title":{"rendered":"How to Protect Your Telomeres for Healthy Aging and Longevity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/how-to-protect-your-telomeres-for-healthy-aging-and-longevity.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Telomere shortening is associated with increased risk of disease and decreased lifespan. Various nutrients have been shown to support the length and health of telomeres in clinical and preclinical studies.<\/p>\n<p>Scientifically reviewed by: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeextension.com\/about\/scientific-expert-reviewers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gary Gonzalez<\/a>, MD, in May 2026. Written by: Richard Ross.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telomere shortening is associated with increased risk of disease and decreased lifespan. Various nutrients have been shown to support the length and health of telomeres in clinical and preclinical studies. Scientifically reviewed by: Gary Gonzalez, MD, in May 2026. Written by: Richard Ross.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}