An American study has unveiled the eight healthy practices that would increase longevity.
- American researchers have determined the eight habits that could increase longevity.
- If implemented before the age of 40, these healthy practices would allow men to gain up to 24 years of life expectancy. As for women, they could live 21 years longer.
- This work must be studied by a group of peers before appearing in a scientific journal.
Could certain lifestyles influence our longevity? It is in all that suggests a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition in Boston, Massachusetts (USA).
Longevity and lifestyle adaptation: a 13% reduction in the risk of death
This work identified eight habits that would extend lifespan. To reach this conclusion, American scientists analyzed the medical records of 719,147 American veterans aged 40 to 99. This data was collected between 2011 and 2019. More than 30,000 participants died during follow-up.
“We examined all-cause mortality in this study using cox proportional hazards regression models and longevity using a multiple life table method, calculating longevity for male and female veterans separately”explained Xuan-Mai T. Nguyen, a specialist in health sciences at the Department of Veterans Affairs and a fourth-year medical student at Carle Illinois College of Medicine (USA).
According to scientists, the risk of death from all causes decreased by 13% in volunteers who had adopted these good practices compared to subjects who had not implemented them. When instituted before the age of 40, these practices would allow men to live up to 24 years longer and women to live 21 years longer.
The eight habits that would improve life expectancy
According to the team, the eight good habits that would prolong longevity are:
- be physically active;
- NO SMOKING ;
- to manage stress ;
- maintaining a good diet;
- do not regularly consume excessive alcohol;
- have good sleep hygiene;
- have positive social relationships;
- not develop an opioid addiction.
As the study’s makers clarified, the volunteers reaped benefits even when they weren’t practicing the eight healthy habits. “We were really surprised to see how beneficial adopting one, two, three habits out of the eight lifestyle factors could be (…) The results of our research suggest that a lifestyle healthy living is important both for public health and for personal well-being (…) The sooner the better, but even if you make changes in your 40s or 60s, it is still beneficial, as shown by the results of our studynoted Xuan-Mai T. Nguyen.
However, the results of this work must be peer-reviewed before being published in a scientific journal.
