Whole foods and a healthy diet are associated with longer telomeres, while pro-inflammatory foods are associated with shorter telomeres.

“Which is whole foods, healthy diet are related to longer telomeres. And then you have the kind of foods that create this oxidative stress, inflammatory milieu and those are related to shorter telomere. So what do I mean by like the pro-inflammatory foods? So red meat, particularly processed meat, sugar drinks particularly sugared soda, high sugar foods.”