Longevity is a lifestyle.
Find out how lifestyle habits can help you live healthier longer.
Longevity is about how you live your life.
Supplements and drugs have shown great impact on longevity, but longevity is also about how you live your life. Scientific research has shown that the impact of lifestyle on healthy ageing is also significant.
An example of such research is the definition of so-called blue zones. In his book “Blue Zones” (2010), Dan Buettner identified five places in the world where people are living longer and healthier, and where they have many lifestyle habits in common.
Read up on the science.
+ Impact of exercise on longevity
Physical activity and the reduced risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease
- Physical Activity, Cognition, and Brain Outcomes: A Review of the 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines, Erickson et al., Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 51(6), 1242–1251 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000001936
Higher levels of physical activity related to longer telomere lengths
- Physical activity and telomere length: Impact of aging and potential mechanisms of action, Arsenis et al., Oncotarget, 8(27), 45008–45019 (2017). https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.16726
The association between cardiorespiratory fitness and longevity
- Association of Cardiorespiratory Fitness With Long-term Mortality Among Adults Undergoing Exercise Treadmill Testing, Mandsager et al., JAMA network open, 1(6), e183605 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.3605
+ Impact of mindfullness on longevity
- Telomere length correlates with subtelomeric DNA methylation in long-term mindfulness practitioners, Mendioroz et al., Sci Rep 10, 4564 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61241-6
+ Impact of sleep on longevity
- Human longevity is associated with regular sleep patterns, maintenance of slow wave sleep, and favorable lipid profile, Mazzotti et al., Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 6, 134 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00134
+ Impact of social activity on longevity
- Social relationships and mortality risk: a meta-analytic review, Holt-Lunstad et al., PLoS medicine, 7(7), e1000316 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316
+ Impact of nutrition on longevity
Link between eating plenty of animal protein the risk of aging-related diseases.
- Dietary Protein, Metabolism, and Aging, Soultoukis et al., Annual review of biochemistry, 85, 5–34 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-biochem-060815-014422