Surprise: Metabolism Doesn't Slow Down in Middle Age

What does happen is acceptance of routine and time passing faster. With that, time for self decreases, a loss in time sovereignty.

To combat this, make small changes. Do everything differently every day. Sleep in a different position. Wet shave one day, dry the other, start in a different location. Do your morning exercise or commute in different orders and routes, etc, and if crashing out with the TV in the evening do so purposefully rather than habitually. And eat lots of fibre.

Extra emphasis on fibre. And if the fibre isn't enough, magnesium citrate + water will help.

And always. Wear. Sunscreen.

This Yahoo news article is from February 2023, and the original in Science is from 2021 [0]. Just in case anyone thunks this is breaking research.

[0] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abe5017

It's better that it isn't breaking research.

And it would be best to tell boomers that it's mystical forgotten knowledge from 1912, or earlier

Should textbooks and science related articles stop saying "we know" then, if every now and then statements change?