 She suggests to include positivity into our daily lives to increase health as well.While increasing the amount of exercise, decreasing stress, tobacco use, and maintaining a balanced sleep schedule, Blackburn explains that our telomeres can be drastically maintained and prevented from rapid shortening, leading to a decrease in the aging process of our cells.Blackburn also tells the readers to be wary of clinical pills who proclaim to lengthen or telomeres and protect the body from aging.