Whenever words such as health, health, and longevity are mentioned, it is always recommended that everyone quit smoking and alcohol. But it is very ironic that some people have found that there are not many long-lived elderly people who smoke and drink all year round. And people who have pursued health all their lives have died early.
"I said these doctors are all deceitful, let my grandfather quit drinking and smoking, who knows he left before he reached 60, my grandfather is now almost 90 years old, and his health is very good."
"Health care masters or whatever, are fake, they may not be able to live a long life, every day to manage others to smoke, drink or not drink is really superfluous."
No tobacco and alcohol, shorter life?
Many people who smoke and drink said that they have been drinking and smoking for many years, and they have not felt anything. There are also many elderly people around who smoke and drink, and they can still live a long life. And those who pursue health and healthy life have left early. Doesn't this just mean that without sticking to research, the life expectancy is shorter?
But there is no basis for rhetoric, and real data can explain the problem.
For smokers and non-smokers, non-smokers are more likely to live a long life than non-smokers, and the data show that 81% of non-smokers can live to the age of 70, and only 58% of smokers can live to 70 years old. After the age of 80, the survival rate among non-smokers is as high as 59%, compared with only 26% of smokers.
Some surveys also found that among the 255 centenarians in Zhejiang Province, 83% of them did not smoke, and 73% of them did not smoke or drink. This can also prove through data that the longevity of centenarians is indeed related to not smoking and not drinking.
Those who encourage everyone to smoke and drink, or who cannot quit smoking, quit drinking, and say that they can live a long life, are mostly not strong in their willpower and understand longevity too one-sidedly. But anyone who has some knowledge reserve will not say such a thing.
How can people who smoke and drink live longer? The problem may lie in 3 things
"Tobacco and alcohol do not stick, life expectancy is shorter" is actually just people's wrong subjective judgment. And the people who smoke and drink are just one example. But there are also people who want to find out the root cause, why can they live a long life, but they smoke and drink but they get sick and their health is damaged? There are 3 main things to talk about here.
(1) Longevity genetic influence, are "life"
When you find these long-lived elderly people who smoke and drink, if you ask carefully, you may find that their elders are also relatively long-lived. In these long-lived smokers, most of them have a strong ability to damage cells and repair themselves, in other words, most of them have "longevity genes" in their bodies, which are chosen by heaven and have the advantage of longevity. This is also what many people call "good fate".
(2) Lifestyle and other factors
From a scientific point of view, longevity is not only affected by smoking and drinking, people's eating habits, living habits, living environment, the level of medical treatment received and even climatic characteristics, personal emotions, etc. may affect longevity.
Although some people smoke and drink alcohol all year round, being able to have a positive and optimistic attitude, and usually have healthy eating habits, a more pleasant living environment, and better medical conditions may affect people's longevity. Instead of clinging to a little bit, it is better to see what other characteristics there are in the long-lived old man.
(3) Survivor delusion
The long-lived old people who can see who smoke and drink do exist, but only a very small part of the smoking and drinking. The real large troops died early because of smoking and drinking, people can't know, and they won't pay attention.
And these "survivors" are more likely to attract people's attention, and they will be repeatedly talked about, and after a long time, they will give people an "illusion" that smoking and drinking can still live a long life.
It turns out that smoking and drinking alcohol do affect people's life expectancy and health. People who do not smoke and do not drink, from the data point of view, will indeed live longer than people who smoke and drink, and their bodies will be healthier.
Longevity is the result of a combination of factors, which factors can not be ignored?
It's not easy to live long, but it's easy to destroy longevity. Avoiding some factors that are easy to affect longevity can benefit health. Mainly mentioned 4 factors that are easy to affect longevity, do not ignore.
Chronic diseases, etc. in the body may affect people's life expectancy. Compromise your health. Compared with people who are healthy, disease-free and painless, people with chronic diseases and who do not receive effective treatment for a long time are more likely to suffer their life expectancy.
Positive attitude towards life. When people see long-lived elderly people and centenarians, they rarely see elderly people who are emotionally unstable and always face life negatively, and more are positive, optimistic and cheerful elderly people. When people are in a positive and optimistic state of life, they can also face life better and protect their health.
Good social connections. Studies have found that when people are in a long-term neglected and isolated state, the telomere length at the end of human DNA will be shortened a lot, which will also lead to the aging of cells in the human body, which will affect lifespan. People who are socially extensive and socially well-connected are generally more likely to live longer.
Healthy eating habits. Centenarians rarely have a partial, picky eater and a heavy taste. After investigating 100 centenarians in Zhejiang, it was found that nearly 70% of the elderly eat meat and vegetarian diets, and rarely prefer food. Such habits can also provide the human body with better nutrition, thereby maintaining health and delaying the aging of the body.
Most people who always promote tobacco and alcohol do not stick to each other, and have a shorter life span, most of them also have a one-sided understanding of those cases of smoking and drinking and still living a long life, but these are individual cases, which are "survivor illusions". Those who don't smoke or drink alcohol are indeed more likely to live a long life, but also pay attention to 4 factors.