Rhonda Patrick· PhD
By your 50s, your heart has already begun to stiffen and shrink, making it work significantly harder to pump blood.
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By your 50s, your heart has already begun to stiffen and shrink, making it work significantly harder to pump blood.
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so the heart will get a little bit stiffer — but it's in that late middle range that starts to atrophy and get really you see the most dramatic effects of Aging