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Previous studies have proved that the length of telomere is indicative of cellular ageing. This study showed that slower the pace of telomere shortening, longer are the telomeres and longer is the life. The researchers suggest the possible cause to be the high estrogen content during pregnancy. Estrogen\u2019s ability to act as an antioxidant and protect cells against telomere shortening could be coming into play in this case. However, the study results contradict the life history theory which states higher number of children leads to faster biological ageing.<\/p>\n<p>To know more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2016\/01\/160108083731.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here now<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex; gap:10px;justify-content:\" class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend\">\n\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21495?action=genpdf&amp;id=21495\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button\" ><img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.enago.com\/academy\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"width:auto; height:45px;\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As strange as the title seems, so is the recent discovery made by the researchers&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8169,"featured_media":21501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1579],"tags":[1590],"ppma_author":[1908],"class_list":["post-21495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-enago-academy-creatives","tag-researchbriefs"],"better_featured_image":{"id":21501,"alt_text":"ageing","caption":"","description":"According to previous studies, more the number of children a woman has, faster is the ageing process for her. 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