Aging in U.S. Presidents
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In light of this year’s Presidential election, I figured connecting science with it may seem like an interesting idea. Many people have heard the myth, while in office U.S. Presidents tend to age a lot faster than the normal every day human being. Some say it has to do with stress that the entire country’s well-being is on their shoulders. Others may just brush it off saying it’s not really true because there is a point in everyones life where age can take a toll on someone. To silence some of the “nay-sayers” there is some truth, backed up by scientific research to the aging process in Presidents. According to a CNN article, Dr. Michael Roizen claims Presidents do age twice as fast while in office.
“The main cause is what we call unrequited stress — they don’t have enough friends to migrate the stress” Dr. Roizen states. With the Presidency, some often lose certain friends in result of their certain policies or moves they have had to make to gain the office. According to an ABC News article, it seems that the last 5 Presidents we have had, all aged twice as much while in office. In the article it claims, George W. Bush and President Barack Obama kept a strong exercise regime, but yet still aged twice as much as the average person would due to their stress levels. Whether you are a believer of the vast aging process of Presidents or not you have to give them he credit they deserve to help lead our country to what we are today. To all you “nay-sayers” out there, science can back up the aging process of the so called myth. Keep in mind during Election Day, when deciding to vote for either President Obama or Governor Romney, don’t judge their looks just keep in mind there policies. Once the winner takes office, let the aging process begin!
Sources:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=6883928&page=1#.UIBXPDnU7zJ
http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/08/04/presidents.aging/index.html
KELLY MARIE HACKENBRACK