Summary Recommendation for A Public Health Intervention Addressing ACEs:The Resiliency Academy
Ardmore Institute of Health contributed to this research at Loma Linda University School of Public Health.
The authors of this white paper, studying the longevity region, Loma Linda Blue Region
(LLBR), known for its significant health and longevity, saw evidence of a burden of stressors,
including ACEs and additional chronic environmental exposures, and the ability to offset the
harm caused by chronic stress exposures. They write: "Based on findings from the qualitative arm of our study, though our centenarian numbers are small, it does mirror what children experience today with ACEs embedded in the context of additional adverse exposures (i.e. poverty, air pollution, racism). Independent research studies have identified the ability of these wide ranging stressors to interact with one another, magnifying their adverse effect.
Additionally, we found a number of resiliency factors which potentially afford protection against all the chronic stressors experienced. From the quantitative arm of our study, we found a plant based diet is especially important for potentially offset the biological harm caused from experiencing multiple ACEs.
These findings are added to our ongoing work having already identified a number of resiliency
factors (i.e. routine sleep, time in outdoors in nature, positive mindset) practiced by the LLBR
centenarians and seniors, and identified as affording protection against the chronic stressors." A number of peer reviewed papers have also been submitted for publication
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