While most of us can expect to live to around 80, some people defy expectations and live to be over 100. The oldest person in history – a French woman named Jeanne Calment – lived to 122, she was born when the average life expectancy was roughly 43.
But just how long could a human actually live? how to live more than 100 years ? It’s questions people have been asking for centuries .
In this article we will see 5 healthy secrets to allow your body to take you to more than 100 years of life.
Is it possible to live more than 100 years ?
Living over 100 is becoming more common. According to numbers, researchers believe that we can live even longer than 100 years, while the average life expectancy is 76 years for men and 81 years for women, but the famous Jeanne Calment who is a French woman born on February 21, 1875 in Arles (Bouches-du-Rhône) and died in the same city on August 4, 1997, at the age of 122. has proved the opposite while the average life expectancy at birth in the mid-19th century was around 40 years for males and 42 years for females.
For Dr. Saldmann (Any death before 120 years is an untimely death.)
In a TEDx conference given in Marseille (france) at the end of 2016, Doctor Frédéric Saldmann gave us his advices for increasing our longevity. Very simple little tips to implement on a daily basis to be in better health.
So the answer to the question posed is yes, but by following a certain diet and applying certain habits. let's discovers them
What is old age?
Old age is the ultimate age of the human being, which succeeds middle age. It designates the last period of life, also called “third age”.
5 secrets to adopt to live longer
1. Be active
- Even though hiit workout for long hours may be popular nowadays, they are not necessary to get to 100 years old.
- Exercising lightly for 30 minutes a day is enough. It can protect you from many health problems and maintain your muscle potential, which gradually declines with age.
- This 30 minutes can reduce the risk of cancer, Alzheimer's disease and cardiovascular disease by 40%.
2. Keep on working
- Life expectancy would be linked to the number of years worked. Just one more year of activity would increase lifespan.
- Work is health ! According to the results of a study published in the medical journal of Epidemiology & Community Health: Life expectancy is linked to retirement age.
- Healthy adults who retired after age 65 had an 11% reduced risk of death from all causes.
- Working an extra year has a positive impact on the mortality rate of participants regardless of their state of health.
3. Have a baby later
- Late mothers are lucky to live to age 100 or more, than other mothers.
- A study published in the journal Menopause, women who had a child after 30 years or more, are lucky to live longer than others.
- Late pregnancies are a sign of good health and therefore of longer life chances.
4. Eat healthy
- According to researchers, consuming certain foods such as lentils or almonds daily would increase our lifespan by up to thirteen years.
- A diet of five fruits and vegetables a day is essential for good health, a new study has just shown that it can also make us live longer.
- Norwegian researchers from the University of Bergen have proven that changing one's diet and eating better, from the age of 20, can increase life expectancy by 10. 7 years for a woman and 13 years for a man.
- If you're 20 or even older and haven't always paid attention to your diet, don't worry there's still time for a change.
- Starting a healthier diet at age 40 would extend life expectancy by five to six years.
5.Think young
- To conserve your energy, stay alive and break old habits.
- Find a passion and stick with it: try new recipes, start a vegetable garden, adopt an animal… and others.
- Challenge your intellectual faculties, learn new things, which can stimulate new connections in your brain.
- Do difficult crosswords to refresh your memory, join a book club, learn pottery or music.
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