Doctor Uncovers A Telltale Sign In Your Fingernails That May Predict Your Life Expectancy

Dr. Sinclair claims that he closely examines his fingernails regularly to determine how rapidly he is  aging. Now, for most people, this is typically the last part of the body they would think of looking at to gauge their  health. The majority of us tend to pay more attention to our diet, lungs, heart, and overall health than our nails when it comes to determining how  healthy we are. However, according to Dr. Sinclair, the state of your nails reveals the rate at which new healthy cells are produced in your body. The quicker the rate that in which new cells are produced, the greater the protection your body has against health decline related to aging

Signs of Biological Aging

Your actual age can very often differ from your  biological age. Your biological age is determined by observing how well the tissues and cells in your body appear to function. This can be clearly observed in the rate at which your nails grow. The doctor stated that he specifically pays attention to whether his nail growth has slowed down or not and notes how long ago he previously cut them. He made reference to a specific study conducted in 1979 in which scientists observed the growth rate of hundreds of people’s fingernails. What they found was that the participant’s fingernail growth rate slowed down by 0.5% annually from the age of 30 onwards. This suggested that if your nails grow faster than this anticipated rate, then you are  aging at a slower rate than average.