Rapid aging occurs during 2 points in life

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Aging may not be quite as gradual as it seems.

A new study from Stanford University in California has revealed that there are two periods when aging seems to accelerate.

These two spurts tend to occur around age 44 and again at age 60, the study found.

In the study, 108 participants ranging from 25 to 75 years old gave blood and biological samples over the course of several years, according to a Stanford University press release.

The researchers analyzed more than 135,000 molecules and microorganisms (bacteria, viruses and fungi), finding that most of them don’t change in a “gradual, chronological fashion.”

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