Live Longer With Anti-Aging Lifestyle
January 10, 2015Presently, there is no “magic bullet” to prolong the healthy and vital lifespan. We do know certain factors that predispose to aging. An individual who smokes, drinks a lot, is physically inactive and has an unhealthy diet has 2.5 fold higher mortality risk in epidemiological terms than an individual who looks after his/her health. The combined impact of four behavioural [non-communicable disease] risk factors on survival probability is comparable in size to a 10-year age difference.
However, the anti-aging lifestyle can add 25.3 more years of productive lifespan. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found that the longest-living Americans are Asian-American women residing in Bergen County, New Jersey USA. They live longer than any other ethnic group in the United States – to an average lifespan of 91.8 years.
In contrast, the Harvard team found that the shortest-living Americans are Native American populations in South Dakota, despite receiving free or low-cost government provided medical care – living an average lifespan of 66.5 years.
As a group, the Bergen County women have ready access to preventative health services, consume a healthy diet, received higher education, are/were professionally employed, and enjoy a network of family and friends. These are proven life-extending factors that – when combined, exert a synergistic effect on longevity. These factors are also the cornerstones of the anti-aging medical model.
Certain insurance companies also now give free access to fitness gyms, knowing preventive medicine works in keeping people healthy.