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Recently, talking about anti-aging, longevity addiction ah, today's article is another bomb, may make many experts look uncomfortable, but it is real.
A few days ago a small friend left me a message, I went to check it out and found that it really is.
This magical little village called Oymyakon is located in northeastern Siberia, Russia, and it is very cold when you hear Siberia.
How cold is it? The average temperature there in winter is minus 50 degrees, and at its coldest, it can reach more than minus 70 degrees, which is terrible.
I once read a book that mentioned that Russia once used Siberia as a penal colony for criminals, barren and cold, simply a natural prison, you can imagine how hard it is.
The place is covered in snow and ice all year round, with the shortest day of the day and up to 21 hours of night.
It can be said that there is no grass here, so the indigenous people have no vegetables to eat, mainly eat frozen raw Arctic fish, white salmon, white salmon, frozen raw horse liver and other meats, and they also like to drink broth.
(Local Fishing)
If you stay outside the car, don't dare to turn off the car, or you can't start it.
There was a hot spring in that place, the name of the village Oymyakon meant: thawed waters; where fish overwintered, there were plenty of salmon.
There are not many people in such a difficult place, and there are about 500 people living in this village, but centenarians can be seen everywhere.
Why do the people of this village live so long? Let's take a look.
The secret of longevity village: eating deep-sea fish
An advertisement for a brand of yogurt has introduced a longevity village, and the centenarian ratio in the small village is as high as 31.83/100,000, but it is still less than Oymi yakon.
Centenarians are sparse and ordinary
In Oymyakon one might raise the question: When did centenarians become so common?
This small village has few people, only about 500 people in total, but many centenarians have been born.
There is only one clinic in the area, and the doctors and assistants are over 70 years old, but they are still relatively young in the elderly circle.
One of them, a 102-year-old man named Danilov, made a living off deerskins. His parents died at the age of 117 and 108, respectively, and his grandparents lived to be over 100 years old.
There is also a 100-year-old couple who have never had children and have adopted a child to accompany them through their old age. In order to take care of the children, they work every day and even go out fishing.
I can't help but shed tears of shame when I see this, 100-year-old man can still fish, and I can only touch fish...
The secret of longevity: eating fish
To explore the causes of longevity, environmental factors and genes can affect aging, and temperature and food are the two main environmental factors that regulate longevity.
Look at the food of the Oymyakons, whose food is "unhealthy" in the traditional sense of being very simple in the first place: meat (venison, rarely), fish (marine fish), milk.
Secondly, they treat fish as a staple food, do not eat staple foods such as rice noodles, and do not eat vegetables, because local vegetables do not grow.
A few years ago there was news that Russia wanted to build a railway in Siberia, but the plan has never taken shape, because Siberia is a large area of permafrost.
Frozen land, the land is completely frozen and frozen, can not be planted, can not be built. So the Oymyakons could not get any food from the land.
The most accessible food in the local area is marine fish, which is easy and relatively speaking, because it is necessary to brave the cold to catch fish, so the locals are also very strong, which is also a very doubtful point in the medical community.
In the case of such a simple diet, the Oymyakon people are healthy, long-lived and strong, why?
Diet and coldness make people live longer
The scientific community has not yet given a reasonable explanation for the anomaly of the Oymyakons.
In fact, this longevity village is impossible to explain in mainstream nutrition theory, because traditional nutrition theory believes that meat cannot be eaten more, staple food can not be eaten, and more vegetables should be eaten.
So why are the Oymyakons so healthy?
Almost no stomach disease, high blood pressure, heart disease and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases? The women there did not run away from their aunts because they did not eat staple food.
Marine fish are rich in omega-3s, which prolong their lifespan
In this regard, my guess is that the Oymyakon people have a very healthy diet, which not only does not cause the above diseases, but is conducive to prevention.
Because the diet of the Oymyakons is dominated by fish, fish is rich in high-quality protein, vitamins and healthy oils.
A 16-year study demonstrated that eating more fish reduced overall mortality, with men who ate the most fish at a 9% lower risk of death than men who ate the least amount of fish.
Marine fish, especially deep-sea fish, generally contain more omega-3s, and the fatter the fish, the more fish.
The benefits of omega-3, introduced many times, help prevent and improve many diseases and can help reduce the risk of death.
Researchers at Harvard University found that people with high levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood lived on average 2.2 years longer than people with low levels, a level that could be achieved by eating fish twice a week.
Omega-3, improves health
Omega-3 not only prolongs life, but also improves quality of life.
Omega-3 fatty acids are good for the heart. Regularly eating fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids can reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke .
Living in extremely cold areas, the metabolic consumption of calories is very high, and fishing is also a physical work, centenarians can also fish, which shows how strong the local heart and lung function and heart oxygen supply capacity.
Omega-3 helps to boost serotonin and serotonin, helps to improve feelings of happiness and well-being, do not underestimate this, people in wet and cold areas are easily depressed.
Although the conditions are difficult, the Oymyakon people are very happy, and I don't know if anyone has measured their serotonin level, which feels like a point worth studying.
The news also mentioned that there is only one small clinic in the local area, and it is particularly idle, in fact, it is no wonder that the average age of doctors is more than 70 years old, and there must be very few patients.
Omega-3 also has therapeutic effects on chronic inflammation and autoimmune diseases, which may also be the reason for the low number of patients.
Another reason for longevity: being cold
The benefits of being cold are also a cliché, including cold showers and winter swimming.
Cold can not only activate brown fat, but also good for weight loss; it can also improve cardiopulmonary function, eliminate inflammation, stimulate the body to secrete adrenaline and serotonin, and have a certain antidepressant effect.
Many animal studies have shown that being cold can delay aging and improve life expectancy. For example, in the Caenorhabditis elegans experiment, scientists found that temperature can affect longevity factors through hot and cold channels.
The cold-sensitive channel TRPA-1, and the heat-sensitive TRP channel, also have an impact on mammalian lifespan. These two "switches" affect DAF-16, the master regulator of longevity.
(Temperature treatment at different stages of worm life has different effects on lifespan)
In adult animals, lower temperatures extend lifespan, while higher temperatures shorten lifespan. Related reading Ollie to Uncle: 6 secrets of winter swimming, people who learn to benefit for life...
The effects in early childhood are reversed, so mammals, including humans, need to pay attention to keep warm in infancy and young children; but moderate cold in adulthood is better for health.
Key Skinny Dragon said
There are many factors that affect the longevity of the Oymyakon people, such as less environmental pollution, less stress, and their faith.
However, a healthy diet and being cold are two big influencing factors.
Although the locals have no vegetables to eat, there is no scurvy, cardiovascular disease, etc., and women's health is not affected, which shows that the animal diet of not eating vegetables can also maintain health, and there is vitamin C in raw beef liver. Related reading Only eat meat, do not eat vegetables Inuit, why are there no scurvy?
Moreover, animal diets can also make people live longer, healthier and happier.
The Oymyakon diet is a low-carbon or even extremely low-carbon water diet, and it turns out that this does not improve cardiovascular disease and hypertension in the long run.
And previous studies have found that the Inuit who have long eaten seafood, their uric acid is not even high, which is also worth our deep thinking.
Oymyakon is the coldest place in the world, and it is not realistic to be cold like the locals, but it is possible to try to get cold properly, there are many benefits.
Usually, we can also eat more fish like the Oymyakon people, especially fatty fish with more omega-3, such as salmon, anchovies, cod, mackerel, fat shrimp and so on.
Or simply supplement with enough omega-3 fish oil.