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#Aging can seem like a gradual, year-by-year process. But new research reveals it is not at all a stepwise progression. Significant chemical and biological changes take place in our mid-40s, and again in our early 60s. And as our writer explains, there are some things you can do to counteract the effects at key stages to avoid the dramatic loss of muscle that’ll happen if you simply let nature take its course.

medium.com/wise-well/the-two-c

Wise & Well · The Two Critical Stages of Aging You Need to MasterBy Kathleen Murphy

Health and longevity comes from lifestyle behaviors that are simple, inexpensive, and not fads or trends:

- Exercising consistently
- Eating well
- Not smoking
- Limiting alcohol
- Nurturing meaningful relationships

#Health #Fitness #Longevity

nytimes.com/2024/07/11/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | The Key to Longevity Is BoringBy Brad Stulberg

Human Longevity: The Major Determining Factors by Joseph A. Knight, 2010

Two thousand years ago, the average life expectancy from birth to death of a Roman citizen, an individual better off than most people at that time, was about 22 years (wars, infectious diseases, trauma, etc.). This progressively increased to about 47 years in the U.S. and most European countries by 1900.

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#longevity

Would the female equivalent of this be sub-4:30 milers? (There is no study about women.)

#trackandfield #athletics #longevity

bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/202

British Journal of Sports Medicine · Outrunning the grim reaper: longevity of the first 200 sub-4 min mile male runnersObjectives To determine the impact of running a sub-4 min mile on longevity. It was hypothesised that there would be an increase in longevity for runners who successfully completed a sub-4 min mile compared with the general population. Methods As part of this retrospective cohort study, the Sub-4 Alphabetic Register was used to extract the first 200 athletes to run a sub-4 min mile. Each runner’s date of birth, date of their first successful mile attempt, current age (if alive) or age at death was compared with the United Nations Life Tables to determine the difference in each runner’s current age or age at death with their country of origin-specific life expectancy. Results Of the first 200 sub-4 min mile runners (100% male), 60 were dead (30%) and 140 were still alive. Sub-4 min mile runners lived an average of 4.7 years beyond their predicted life expectancy (95% CI 4.7 to 4.8). When accounting for the decade of completion (1950s, 1960s or 1970s), the longevity benefits were 9.2 years (n=22; 95% CI 8.3 to 10.1), 5.5 years (n=88; 95% CI 5.3 to 5.7) and 2.9 years (n=90; 95% CI 2.7 to 3.1), respectively. Conclusion Sub-4 min mile runners have increased longevity compared with the general population, thereby challenging the notion that extreme endurance exercise may be detrimental to longevity. Data sharing not applicable as no datasets generated and/or analysed for this study. Not applicable - all data were obtained from free publicly available databases or information sources.