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Many people dream of a long and healthy life. To achieve this, not only genes, but also certain lifestyle factors play a crucial role.
According to American researchers, there are eight factors that can ensure that you live as much as twenty years longer. The best part? The whole thing also applies if you only start leading a healthy lifestyle halfway through your life. The work of the team led by scientists Xuan-Mai T. Nguyen and Yanping Li was published in the “American Journal of Clinical Nutrition”.
In their study, the researchers come to the conclusion that certain lifestyle factors play a role in the development of chronic diseases that increase the risk of mortality.
Men live 24 years longer, women 21 years longer
According to this study, 90 percent of diabetes cases, 80 percent of heart diseases that cause narrowing or even closure of the coronary arteries, and 70 percent of cardiovascular deaths (deaths that affect the heart and blood vessels) can be attributed to the inability to have a heart attack. maintain a healthy life. lifestyle.
Accordingly, the research team came to the conclusion that those who live healthily should also live longer. The researchers from Harvard Medical School tested their theory among 700,000 female and male subjects. The research covered a period of eight years.
In concrete terms, according to the research, the following lifestyle factors contribute to a longer life:
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Regular physical activity
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No opioid addiction
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Do not smoke
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Good stress management (no depression or anxiety disorders)
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Healthy, predominantly plant-based diet
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No excessive alcohol consumption (avoiding binge drinking – i.e. more than five drinks in one drinking occasion)
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Good sleep quality
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Positive social relationships
According to the study, men who meet all eight healthy lifestyle factors at age 40 live an average of 24 years longer than men who meet none of the indicators. While the health conscious person reaches the age of 87 years, the health conscious person lives only 67 years.
On the other hand, women who lead a healthy lifestyle live an average of 21 years longer.
Alcohol consumption and poor diet are less serious
Three of the eight factors in particular are essential for a long and healthy life: physical activity, not using opioids and avoiding smoking. These factors were associated with a 30 to 45 percent higher risk of death.
According to the researchers, the risk of death is only about 20 percent higher with stress, excessive alcohol consumption and poor diet and sleep hygiene. The lack of positive social relationships has the smallest effect. This is only associated with a five percent increased risk of death.
In a statement, scientist Nguyen emphasizes that even if you adopt a healthier lifestyle later in life, positive effects are noticeable: ‘The sooner the better, but also if you only have a little one in your forties, fifties or sixties. change, it is still useful.” Moreover, you can achieve a lot if you implement just a few of the eight factors. (dzc)
Source: Blick
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