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Chapter 1: What is the main question about living to 100?
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In all the complexities of the universe, there is one thing we know for certain about life, and that's that it ends. That's right, we are all going to die one day, and we might not know how, we might not know when, but like it or not, the big fella with the black hood will eventually come a-knocking for us all. But is there a way to delay the inevitable swing of his scythe?
Well, some people reckon that they might have found the cheat codes to longevity, and they might not be quite what you'd expect. Want to learn the secrets to sticking around for a good time and a long time? This is The Shorthand.
Much of modern research into life expectancy traces back to one guy, 19th century English mathematician Benjamin Gompertz. In 1825, he created the Gompertz law that provides mathematical proof for what we might call, stating the obvious, human mortality rates increase exponentially with age.
The Gompertz model says that for adults between 30 and 90, your risk of dying roughly doubles every seven to eight years. But surely things have changed since then, right? Yes and no. Thanks to advancements in healthcare and technology, people are now expected to live a hell of a lot longer than they were back when Mr Gompertz was knocking about.
Back in the 1800s, no country had a life expectancy higher than 40, thanks to dire infant mortality rates, mainly with 15% of all UK babies dying before the age of one. Nowadays, the average global expectancy is over 70. But these changes haven't kept the grim reaper completely at bay.
While you might be less likely to pop your clogs as a tot, age-related diseases like diabetes and cancer have also become increasingly common as we live longer. Even with medical intervention, the body's biological ability to fight back and recover from these illnesses naturally decreases as you age.
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Chapter 2: How did Benjamin Gompertz contribute to our understanding of mortality?
And the answer there is more on the Zen side. The island's famously slow pace of life, with residents enjoying afternoon naps and refusing to rush for anyone, has actually been linked to their impressive longevity. California's Loma Linda, is the odd one out because it's not an island, but many of its residents do belong to a distinct religious sect called the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Members generally abstain from smoking or drinking, they eat vegetarian diets, and they prioritize rest, including a weekly Sabbath, where they take their feet off the proverbial gas. I could be wrong here, but I'm also pretty sure they don't intervene if children choke. Seems to be working out. Quote me, don't quote me. Send me to prison. I've lived a good life.
And all of those lifestyle factors seem to lead to a longer life, on average.
But before you start browsing properties in Sardinia and brushing up on your Greek, you might want to hold your horses. Because not everyone is exactly sold on the Blue Zones Theory.
In 2024, science writer Ignacio Amigo said it rested on shaky science and pointed out how the whole theory has spawned a cottage industry of books, diet plans and even a Netflix series, all lapped up by consumers keen to learn the supposed secret to delaying death.
Dan Buettner has even commercialised the idea into a multi-million dollar business called Blue Zones LLC that sells a utopian dream to communities across the US. And Dr. Saul Justin Newman of UCL reckons the theory isn't just overhyped, but it might also be built on a whopping lie. Newman argues that the blue zones have one big thing in common. Sketchy records.
Data indicating high quotas of centenarians in these areas could in fact be skewed by outdated records making it seem like people are living insanely long lives. Take the case of Japan's Sogen Kato. whose record as the country's oldest living person was blown to shreds when his mummified remains were found in 2010.
As it turned out, he'd popped his clogs back in 1978, but his family had been pocketing his pension for the past 30-odd years and inadvertently drew quite a lot of attention to themselves by making him the oldest person in Japan. The discovery actually led Japan to conduct a review into its 230,000 centenarians, only to learn that a shocking 82% were already dead or missing.
Oh dear. Okay, so we need to get a bit more personal here. To figure out how to live to 100, we need to hear it straight from the horse's mouth. So what do the oldest people in the world have to say about their staying power? The current oldest living person is a British lady called Ethel Catrim. Ethel was born on the 21st of August 1909, at the time we're recording this episode.
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Chapter 3: Is there a biological limit to human lifespan?
Well, basically we've found a lot of clues, but no actual cheat codes. Sure, it might be a good idea to renew that gym membership and give a bit more thought to what you're putting inside yourself, you whore. But there's no single way to beat your own personal genetic lottery. At the end of the day, there is absolutely nothing we can do to outsmart death.
Because sometimes he comes disguised as his shitty bitchy cousin, Fate. And your sins will find you out in the end. Call it luck. Call it chance. Call it whatever you want. It does not matter. You could be as healthy as a horse and still get hit by a bus tomorrow. Or you could smoke 50 fags a day and survive to 100. Life's just a bitch that way.
So try not to stress too much about every gram of everything you're eating because that's just not a life. Don't make yourself miserable. And after all the studies, theories and so-called miracle cures, nobody has ever actually managed to do the impossible and get out of this place alive. Not even Jean Calment, although she did give it a bloody good go.
So honestly, life is too short to worry about it that much and also too long. What are you doing spending every second of your time on Earth? worrying about how long you're going to stay. Just have three glasses of wine, Stephen.
I think it just comes back to what Mr. Blue Zones was trying to sell us, but you don't need to buy his books or into Blue Zones LLC to do it. Just move your body, have some mates, eat well, do everything in moderation and try not to stress about everything.
Stress is the worst thing you can do to yourself. So think about that first, probably. And we will see you next week. for something else. Unless we get hit by a bus. Goodbye. Goodbye.
Katsot tarjoukset ja varaa omasi. Tallinxilja.fi
Salkku X. We meet again. Five numbers. Five wishes. Estimates. Conclusions. Power. As a reward, the X-Pen G6 electric car is completely yours. For ten weeks, solve the code in the address power.fi. Don't miss your ride.
See you next time.
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