Choose a pint over a coffee. For medical reasons. Live longer.
- The substances influence the length of telomeres – the end parts of DNA
- Telomeres get shorter as a person ages, when they’re too short, the cell dies
- Shorter telomeres are associated with poor health and an increased chance of premature death
- Caffeine was found to shorten telomeres, but alcohol lengthened them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAsPupfqOJw
I just accidentally discovered that one of my self-portraits (published on Flickr under Creative Commons) has been used in the article on Forbes.com website. Â Wow! Â This is the closest I ever got to the cover of the Forbes magazine (or any other magazine for that matter).
Ironically enough, I took this picture when I had a flu while working on my first startup. Â And now it’s been used in the article titled “Why Entrepreneurship Is Killing Me”.
Update (August 26, 2017): I am also on the list of 10 things that can completely wipe out humanity.
