Have We Reached Peak Human Life Span?
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/well/live/average-human-life-span.html
After decades of rising life expectancy, the increases appear to be slowing. A new study calls into question how long even the healthiest of populations can live.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/07/well/live/average-human-life-span.html
After decades of rising life expectancy, the increases appear to be slowing. A new study calls into question how long even the healthiest of populations can live.
An interesting 2015 WSJ essay by DAN BUETTNER:
Want Great Longevity and Health? It Takes a Village
He notes:
“What we found in Sardinia is similar in other blue zones. None of the spry centenarians I’ve met over the years said to themselves at age 50, “I’m going get on that longevity diet and live another 50 years!” None of them bought a treadmill, joined a gym or answered a late-night ad for a supplement.
Instead, they lived in cultures that made the right decisions for them. They lived in places where fresh vegetables were cheap and accessible. Their kitchens were set up so that making healthy food was quick and easy. Almost every trip to the store, a friend’s house, work or school occasioned a walk. Their houses didn’t have mechanized conveniences to do house work, kitchen work or yard work; they did it by hand.”