Rather than anti-aging medicine, aging specialists have for some time preferred to speak of preventive medicine. But “the concept that is rising today is that of “medicine of the four Ps”: that is to say, at the same time predictive, preventive, personalized and participative”, explains Dr. Jean-François Bézot, biologist, specialist in anti-aging functional biology.
predictivebecause, if we are determined by our genes, the type of life we lead allows them to express themselves more or less.
preventive, because the detection of weaknesses avoids many problems.
Personalized, because we don’t all have the same needs.
And participatory for the maintenance of our bodily machine depends above all on us. The objective is not to stay young at all costs, but to prevent as much as possible discomfort, small pains and other more serious concerns that may appear over time. How ? By a subtle alchemy between a reasonable lifestyle and the essential little zest of freedom. Centenarians are often optimists who have overcome the problems of life, including health accidents. If there are more and more of them, it is also because medicine makes it easier and better to manage incidents along the way. Provided you put your mind to it.
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Life expectancy keeps getting longer Over the past sixty years, men and women have gained an average of fourteen years of life. Life expectancy at birth, which had stalled last year due to the flu epidemic, has risen again, reaching 79.2 years for men and 85.4 years for women . Thus, in twenty years, it has progressed by 3.6 years for women, and 5.6 years for men, the gap between the two sexes tending to narrow. |
Make your health capital grow
A slow beating heart, low blood pressure, stable weight are recognized longevity factors. You can inherit it, but that’s no reason to think you’re invulnerable… You can also favor situations that favor them. According to specialists, 25% of the factors explaining longevity come from genes, against 75% from lifestyle and the environment. Keeping a body and a head in good working order, without necessarily doing push-ups every morning, or fasting every other day or swallowing hormones all year round, it’s possible!
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