Ms. Liu is 49 years old this year, her children have gone to college, and her husband is also very family-oriented, so it can be said that she has a very happy life.
On this day, the husband and wife went shopping together for a long time, and Ms. Liu's husband saw that a coat was good, so he wanted his wife to try it, but the shopping guide suddenly said: "Your son has a good eye, this classic is generous and versatile!" ”
Ms. Liu was embarrassed, smiled and pulled her husband out of the door, and her interest in buying clothes was suddenly gone.
Many people think that she is much older than her husband, which makes Ms. Liu feel particularly powerless, in fact, she pays great attention to maintenance, and spends tens of thousands of dollars on beauty maintenance every year, and in the end she is still said to be old.
Looking at the husband next to him, although he is 50 years old, he does not look old at all.
It is said that "men have forty-one flowers, women have forty tofu dregs", everyone has to go through aging, but women seem to be more susceptible to aging.
Many men and women of the same age, generally men will look younger, why do women age faster than men?
1. Why do women tend to age faster than men?
Yang Chao, the attending physician of the Rocket Army Characteristic Medical Center, introduced: There are great differences between men and women in physiology and anatomy, and women with age, estrogen levels decline, collagen loss is faster, and skin is more prone to aging.
Women's menopause is generally earlier than men's, menopausal women may be troubled by endocrine disorders, and physiological functions will also decline, while men's menopause is relatively stable and aging is relatively slow.
In addition, men and women have different social functions, and women often have to balance family and work, and may enter the aging stage more quickly due to long-term poor mood, increased stress, and lack of attention to exercise.
In addition, a study published in the Journal of the American Optical Society by German researchers found that women's skin ages faster than men's skin and loses collagen faster than men's, also after sun exposure and natural aging.
Collagen, as a protein in the human dermis, helps to maintain the elasticity of the skin, and with the loss of collagen, various skin problems will follow, and women lose collagen quickly, and the skin will age relatively faster.
Wang Xin, former chief physician of the Department of Dermatology of the First Affiliated Hospital of Tsinghua University, said that there may be no obvious difference between men and women when they are young, but older women may be relatively older than men of the same age. As women approach menopause, their estrogen decreases and they are plagued by endocrine disruptions, which lead to increased collagen loss and a more age-looking appearance.
2. Why do women generally live longer than men?
Older women may look older than men, but it seems that women generally live longer than men.
According to data from the United Nations Population Division, the life expectancy at birth in 2021 was 68.4 years for men and 73.8 years for women.
In addition, according to a study by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy in mainland China may increase to 81.3 years in 2035, of which the average life expectancy of women may reach 85.1 years and that of men may reach 78.1 years.
Women live longer than men for these five reasons!
1. Telomere length shortening in women is slower than in men
Dr. Yang Chao, the attending physician of the Rocket Army Characteristic Medical Center, pointed out that telomere length is related to various factors such as inflammation, smoking, psychology, oxidative stress, etc., and telomere length in women is shortened more slowly than in men.
2. Women have unique biological advantages
The sex chromosome of the female is XX, the male is XY, and the X chromosome has enzymes that can scavenge oxygen free radicals, and the oxygen free radicals affect people's health problems.
3. Estrogen in women has a protective effect
Peng Guoqiu, director of the psychosomatic medicine outpatient clinic of the Fourth Medical Center of the PLA General Hospital, said that women's estrogen helps to live longer, estrogen can regulate blood lipid metabolism, and reduce the risk of hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, heart disease and other diseases.
4. Women are better at releasing emotions
As the saying goes, "men don't flick when they have tears", and women are good at releasing emotions, which can better reduce stress. Yang Ping, director general of the Geriatric Psychology Professional Committee of the Chinese Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics, introduced that men should release their emotions appropriately, which is more conducive to physical and mental health.
5. Women smoke less and drink less
According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey – China Component, the smoking rate in mainland China is as high as 52.9% for men and 2.4% for women, and smoking is associated with a variety of diseases.
A study in the Chinese Journal of Epidemiology pointed out that the drinking rate of men aged 30-59 is more than 60%, and the drinking rate of men aged 40-49 is as high as 63.7%, while the highest drinking rate of women is 14.4%.
3. Develop five habits after the age of 50, or extend your life by 10 years
A study published in the British Medical Journal by researchers from Professor Hu Bingchang of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health pointed out that five habits from the age of 50 can extend life by ten years.
The study was a follow-up study from the Nurses' Health Study and health professionals, involving 110,000 participants, and the follow-up was sufficient.
The five healthy lifestyles are:
- The diet is of high quality
- Never smoked
- Drink alcohol in moderation
- Moderate to high-intensity exercise every day
- Keep your weight under control
Adherence to these healthy lifestyles can not only prolong the duration of healthy survival, but also increase the average life expectancy. Women who adhered to five healthy lifestyle habits in the study could even live to be 90 years old.
Many people can find that women age faster than men in real life, but the average life expectancy of women is generally longer, which may be related to factors such as women's ability to release emotions, smoking and drinking less, the protective effect of estrogen and biological advantages.
If you want to live a long life, it is recommended that you adopt the above 5 healthy lifestyles after the age of 50.
Resources:
[1] "[Gynecology and Child Specialty] Why Women Age Faster Than Men". Fujian Provincial Maternal and Child Health Hospital.2021-03-12
[2] "Women age faster than men, but live longer than men? After knowing the reason, the whole person is not good". Popular Science China.2020-06-03
[3] "BMJ: 5 Healthy Habits May Increase 10 Years of Disease-Free Life!" Harvard scientists analyzed the data of 110,000 people and found that maintaining healthy lifestyle habits after the age of 50 may be able to survive without cancer for 34 years. Singularity.2020-01-12
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