Many friends care a lot about their height, especially men, in our impression, tall people seem to be linked to words such as "sexy" and "handsome". It is also under the influence of such aesthetic trends that many short friends will always worry about their height. Even many friends will spend a lot of energy to find ways to make themselves taller, but there is no ideal effect.
But if you tell your friends who are not tall here, tall people, the probability of longevity is not as high as that of short people. I wonder if you will change your height?
According to research, tall people theoretically don't live as long as short people, is it true?
According to an academic paper published in the journal Nature by Swedish researchers. Through comparative experiments with two groups of mice, it was found that:
A set of genes called FOXO3 was knocked out of the mice, and blood insulin levels in the genetically modified mice skyrocketed, and a total of 54% of the genetically modified mice developed physical symptoms of cancer cell aggregation in the subsequent age cycle.
The innate presence of the FOXO3 gene, or the late knocking in of the FOXO3 gene in mice, because the blood insulin level decreased, the probability and risk of cancer is much smaller.
This "longevity gene," called FOXO3, is also present in human bodies that are also mammals. Short people, especially men, have a higher probability of carrying this longevity gene, have low blood insulin levels, and have a low risk of cancer, so they naturally live a relatively long life. Conversely, taller people carry fewer such genes and are theoretically less likely to live longer than shorter people.
As soon as the study came out, it also caused extensive discussion in the scientific research and development community, but as far as the researchers' descriptions are concerned, there are many factors that affect longevity, such as age, genes, physical fitness, acquired behavior habits and so on. Height may indeed be related to longevity, but it is only one of many factors. The single effect on longevity is largely negligible.
In other words, height does exist because of the genetic effect on longevity, but the impact is very small, just one of the many factors. Tall friends don't have to take it to heart either. Compared with height, some typical physical characteristics may be more indicative of longevity.
4 typical signs of longevity people's existence, see if you match it
Longevity sign one: walking speed
"A journey of a thousand miles, starting with a single step", walking is the most important component of human life, but also the most basic form of exercise, for health enthusiasts, every day to develop the habit of walking and walking, strengthen blood circulation and metabolism, can also play a good health effect.
Not only that, but walking fast is also one of the signs of longevity. According to a study of 35,000 65-year-olds at the University of Pittsburgh in the United States, the risk of death can theoretically be reduced by about 1.25% for every 0.1 meter increase in walking speed, showing a downward trend. People who walk fast not only represent their bones, muscles are relatively developed and healthy, but also the various body organs driven by walking are relatively comprehensive, indicating that the health of organs in the body is also very high. The overall prevalence is low, and people will naturally live longer.
Longevity marker two: good digestion and absorption
According to the view of Chinese medicine, the basic energy of our human body is transformed through the intake of grain grains and then with the help of the spleen.
In other words, the body's absorption of dietary nutrients determines the efficiency of energy acquisition, energy acquisition efficiency is high, the body's various organs and tissues can obtain sufficient "fuel" to operate the work, the body continues to maintain a healthy level, and natural people are increasingly long-lived.
The absorption of nutrients by the human body depends on most of our digestive system, therefore, the digestive system is developed, the digestion speed is fast, and the gastrointestinal function is perfect, which has become a typical feature of longevity.
Longevity Marker Three: High-quality sleep
When people sleep, the body will spontaneously open a "self-healing function" to help the body repair the symptoms and blemishes that have appeared in the past during the day to ensure the health level of the human body. The longer you go into deep sleep, the better your sleep state, the longer the self-healing function is turned on, and the more thorough the repair of the body.
Therefore, for those friends with high sleep quality, long-term maintenance of sufficient quality sleep, some possible hidden dangers of the body are also eliminated as much as possible, the risk of disease is lower than others, and naturally it is longer than others.
Not only that, the ancients believed that the quality of sleep often represents a person's mentality, the so-called "sit back and relax", people who maintain high-quality sleep for a long time, the attitude of life is often relatively open-minded and cheerful, and always maintain an optimistic mood. Positive emotions are also one of the important factors in longevity.
All in all, although the height of the height represents a part of the longevity factor, but in the end it is not a big head, and it does not affect the life expectancy of people, but relatively, some of the acquired life conditions and physical factors are subtly affecting the health of our body, repairing the hidden dangers of the body, and striving to guide us to the direction of longevity.
More importantly, for example, walking faster can be achieved by increasing physical strength through long-term exercise; Carefully adjust the diet, maintain the health of the digestive system, and slowly increase the digestion rate of the gastrointestinal tract; And always maintain optimism and suppress our own negative emotions is also something we can do artificially. Health enthusiasts can actively try on their own, everyone has the right to longevity, and the adjustment of the day after tomorrow is very important.