JOBELYN WELLNESS BLOG

There is a particular kind of tiredness that has nothing to do with sleep. You went to bed at a reasonable hour. You slept through. You are not unwell. And yet by mid-afternoon there is a flatness that was not there ten years ago, not exhaustion exactly, more a sense that the tank holds less than it used to. Most people file this under getting older and move on. But there is a specific and rather remarkable biological explanation, and it takes place inside structures so small

You notice it in small ways first. The morning stiffness that takes a little longer to shake off. The workout you used to recover from overnight that now needs two days. The afternoon slump that arrives earlier than it used to. Nothing dramatic. Nothing you would mention to anyone. Just a quiet sense that your body is running slightly differently than it did a decade ago. Most people put this down to getting older and leave it there. But researchers studying human aging have