There are countless stories of people who reach 100 and whose daily habits deviate from conventional standards of healthy living.
When dr. Nir Barzilai met 100-year-old Helen Reichert, she was smoking a cigarette. Barzilai, director of the Division of Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in USAhe recalls that the centenarian woman had told him that doctors had repeatedly asked her to quit smoking. But, as she had commented with a touch of black humor, all those doctors are now dead, while she was still alive. From that day Mrs. Reichert lived another 10 years until her death in 2011.
There are countless stories of people who reach 100 and whose daily habits deviate from conventional standards of healthy living, as noted in a related publication by New York Times. However, decades of research show that most people who ignore medical advice about diet, exercise, smoking and alcohol are simply cutting time off their lives.
What percentage of her longevity but is it related to lifestyle and how much is ultimately a matter of luck (or rather, good genes)?
The years we live are determined 25% by genes and 75% by environment and habits
A new study published yesterday Thursday in its journal American Heart Association (AHA)suggests the answer: it depends on how many years we hope to live. “Making it to 80 or even 90 years is largely within our control,” said Dr. Sophia Millman, a professor of medicine also at Albert Einstein University. “There is irrefutable evidence that people who adopt a healthy lifestyle also increase their time on earth.”
Different research published last year that analyzed the lifestyles of more than 276,000 men and women in the US found that adopting a healthy lifestyle can add up to 24 years to our lives. These habits include good nutrition, frequent physical exercise, good sleep, stress management, strong personal relationships, and abstinence from smoking, drugs, and excessive drinking.
People who met all of the above criteria lived an average of 87 years. For most of us that age sounds good enough. Overall, scientists estimate that our life span is determined by 25% by genes and by 75% by environment and lifestyle.
Source :Skai
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