Just read this article in "Bicycling" magazine. Yet ANOTHER reason to ride as much as possible! (As if I needed one...............)

RIDE YOURSELF YOUNG

A recent study at the University of California in San Francisco suggests that chronic stress accelerates aging. After measuring the length of white blood cell telomeres (a part of the cell that deteriorates with age) in 58 healthy women, researchers found that women with the hightest stress levels had telomere shortening equivalent to at least one decade of addtional aging, when compared to women with the lowest stress levels. Bottom Line: Exercise is a known stress-buster. Make time to ride even when life gets hectic.

Taken from "Bicycling" magazine Fftness News.

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