研究:受教育程度高的人顯得更年輕

Your parents and teachers will no doubt have lectured you on the value of a good education. But it seems the advice may apply to more than just career prospects. Those who pass more exams before leaving formal education stay biologically younger than their years, according to researchers. In contrast, those who leave education with fewer qualifications are prone to age more quickly, with their lack of achievement leaving a lifelong mark. Lifelong mark: Researchers have found that those who leave school with more exams stay biologically younger than their years - and social and economic changes in later life have no effect.

也許，從小到大老師的“循循善誘”父母的苦口婆心時時刻刻都提醒我們要讀書、讀好書！似乎讀書是未來就業、職場規劃的一個重要而且必不可少的階段。科學家告訴你，讀書不僅僅可以提高知識上的素養，能上一所好的大學，能挑選好的單位就業，而且還能讓你變得更年輕哦！據悉，那些所謂的“考試達人”們在生理上看起來顯得比同齡人更年輕許多。相比之下，那些教育程度不高的人，衰老的速度會加快，專家分析，這也許和他們所達到的成就有關。成就低，相比之下也會蒼老不少。

The pattern is not changed by social and economic status later in life, the findings suggest. The study, by researchers from University College London, examined the length of ‘telomeres’ from around 450 office workers. Telomeres are protective strips of DNA that form tiny ‘caps’ on the ends of chromosomes, protecting against ageing processes. The results showed people with lower educational attainment had shorter telomeres, suggesting they may age faster.

此外，據資料顯示，這些由於教育程度的高低所呈現出來的樣貌上的變化與“社會以及經濟地位”並無直接關係。所以說，不能單單概括成爲：經濟基礎高、社會地位高，換句話說，有更多的錢買保養品或者高層次的社交圈子就能夠改變我們的衰老速度。來自英國和美國的科學家檢驗了450名參與者的DNA端粒長度，通過長期的調研發現，在學校表現較差的人DNA端粒較短，這表明他們可能會更快地衰老。據悉，端粒位於染色體的末端，其主要作用是保護染色體的完整性。端粒越短被認爲表明衰老得會越快。