When people are old, their biggest dream is to live a long life, and everyone wants to live to be 100 years old and die at the end of their lives.
But the reality is, how many people can live to be 100 years old?
When people get old, they will find that many things are powerless, and as they get older, their bodies continue to decline, and aging and disease become the biggest threat to the elderly.
According to the 2021 Statistical Communiqué on the Development of Health Undertakings in the Mainland released by the National Health Commission, the average life expectancy of mainland residents increased from 77.93 years in 2020 to 78.2 years in 2021.
Therefore, you can actually find that the average life expectancy in the mainland is 78.2 years old, in fact, there is still a big gap from 100 years old, even in Japan, which ranks first in the world in terms of life expectancy, has 81.5 years for men and 86.9 years for women, which is a long gap from 100 years old.
Of course, there are a small number of people who live to be 100 years old, but by the time they reach the age of 100, their quality of life is often very poor due to age and disease.
Therefore, living a long time does not necessarily mean that you will live a good life.
For the elderly, don't set too high a goal for yourself, it is more realistic to set a small goal first, according to the average life expectancy of Chinese, I think 80 years old is a very suitable small goal.
Compared with 100 years old, it has become relatively easy to live to the age of 80, but this does not mean that every old person can easily live to the age of 80, even if the current medical treatment has been very developed, but we must also pay attention to maintaining good living habits, otherwise the disease will be found, even if you can continue to live by medical treatment, but it will be very painful.
As a doctor, I want to tell you that most of the elderly who can live to the age of 80 do not do these 5 things when they are 60 years old.
1. No more smoking and alcoholism
The longer you smoke and drink, the harder it is to quit, for the simple reason that it is caused by the formation of smoking and alcohol addictions.
However, long-term smoking and alcohol abuse are very harmful to health, cigarettes and alcohol are recognized by the World Health Organization as carcinogens, and long-term smoking and alcohol abuse will increase the incidence of many cancers.
After the age of 60, the immunity and physical fitness of the elderly will decline to varying degrees, and if they still do not quit smoking and drinking at this time, then the risk of disease is higher.
2. Don't be sedentary all the time
Many people get old and feel that their body is not as good as day by day, so they don't want to move, so they would rather sit than move, but they don't know that the more they don't move, the more likely their body is to have problems.
The elderly who have not moved for a long time, muscle atrophy, joint stiffness, decreased immunity, blood clots, pneumonia and other diseases will be found.
Therefore, when people are old, if they want to live a long life, they must move, just don't do strenuous exercise like when they were young, you can do some low-intensity exercise, such as walking.
3. Don't get angry
When people get older, if they can't control their emotions yet, then danger comes.
Just because of the emotion, it is possible to induce a heart attack or cerebral infarction, which can be fatal in a very short time. Therefore, if you want to be in better health, the elderly must maintain a good mood, not impatient, not angry, and only by being calm can they make their bodies better.
4. Don't go to extremes in your diet
For the elderly, remember not to go to extremes in diet, some elderly people, do not eat any meat, blindly only eat vegetarian, and some elderly people, do not eat any vegetarian, meals are big fish and meat, in fact, these are unhealthy eating habits.
Due to the extreme diet, some elderly people are either very thin or very fat, which is not a good thing, very thin will lead to a decrease in immunity, and very fat will lead to an increase in the incidence of diabetes, hypertension and coronary heart disease.
5. Don't stay up late
When you reach the age of 60, remember no matter what, don't stay up late, one-third of a person's life is spent in sleep, and staying up late for a long time can easily lead to a decline in immunity.
For the elderly, if they stay up late for a long time, they will find that the quality of sleep is getting worse and worse, and they can't sleep when they want to, so in order to have a good sleep quality, the elderly should remember not to stay up late, to go to bed early and get up early.