Measuring telomeres

We recommend that individuals interested in monitoring their telomere length repeat this measurement annually. Periods of six months can be considered if significant lifestyle changes have occurred.

Life Length determines biological age using a mathematical formula that takes the individual's chronological age group into account, which is then evaluated based on the telomere length result.

First, it is an excellent indicator of overall general health.
Second, knowing our biological age allows us to gain a better understanding of the lifestyle habits that affect aging. It also gives us the opportunity to make appropriate changes and measure the results through periodic re-testing.
Third, Life Length’s Telomere Analysis Technology (TAT) will enable personalized medicine by allowing doctors to treat their patients while taking their biological age into account.

Genetic predispositions and lifestyle are the two most important factors influencing telomere length and the rate of telomere shortening.
Certain lifestyle habits have been strongly linked to long and short telomeres.
Examples include smoking, obesity, and psychological stress. These three factors increase oxidative stress and inflammatory responses, resulting in rapid telomere erosion.
Other factors such as eating habits, exercise, and sleep also tend to have an influence on biological aging.
Current therapies based on telomerase activation, e.g., TA-65® capsules, have been developed to achieve rejuvenation.
Measuring telomere length is necessary to determine whether these therapies effectively improve telomere length.

Not all individuals age at the same rate, even if they have the same chronological age. Therefore, it is important to identify molecular markers (other than chronological age) that estimate the degree of aging of the organism.
This information is equally useful for health professionals and individuals to detect the premature development of age-related problems and to consider lifestyle changes (e.g., obesity and smoking have been shown to accelerate telomere attrition, while exercise and a good diet slow it down). We should follow our telomere dynamics over the years by benefiting from potential telomerase activators.
Multiple lines of evidence show that telomere length is a good indicator of the degree of aging of the organism.

Sie erhalten die Ergebnisse innerhalb von 4 bis 6 Wochen nach Einsendung der Probe an Life Length und können dann einen Termin für ein Beratungsgespräch mit Life Length vereinbaren.

Please go to http://www.lifelength-questionnaire.com/ and use the login credentials provided in your test kit.

Proben können nur von Montag bis Mittwoch verschickt werden.Die Versandanweisungen finden Sie in den "Anweisungen", die dem Testkit beiliegen.Bitte beachten Sie auch den Laborschlusskalender von Life Length, der dem Testkit beiliegt, um die Einsendung von Proben an Feiertagen zu vermeiden.

The online questionnaire is not mandatory, but we recommend filling it out in order to receive a more personalized results report.
The login details are provided on the "For Patients" label.
To ensure you receive your results report on time, it is important that you complete the questionnaire at approximately the same time your blood is drawn, or indicate on your test request form that you will not be completing the questionnaire.

Important: Shipping must be carried out within a temperature range of 2ºC to 8ºC.
For this reason, we provide a special kit and a gel pack, which must be frozen at least 24 hours before the blood collection in order to transport the blood while kept chilled.

The report provides detailed information on your total telomere length up to and including your 20th percentile, as well as a statistically estimated biological age.
Knowing that you have a low 20th percentile average is like knowing, for example, that you have high cholesterol levels, which are influenced by certain lifestyle choices.
We recommend professional medical advice to make changes that may allow you to slow down telomere attrition and potentially even lengthen telomeres, thereby slowing down biological aging.
For individuals with unusually short telomere length values, the result could be due to a traumatic event, illness, or other stressful events, which may temporarily affect the length of the telomeres reflected by the blood cells that were measured.
These individuals should repeat the measurement at an interval of 6 months, instead of once a year.