A short average telomeric length is associated with low telomerase activity and certain degenerative diseases.
In this study, a reduction of fasting blood glucose, insulin, cholesterol, blood pressure and homocysteine was found as well as an increase in bone mineral density over a period of one year.
Calvin B. Harley, Weimin Liu, Peter L. Flom, and Joseph M. Raffaele 2013 read here