We know that longevity occurs when people live more than one hundred years. For this, we ask ourselves, what is longevity?, what are the factors that influence longevity? and how do factors influence longevity? In the following paragraphs, we go to answer these questions and introduce more information about this. Many authors define longevity as "long life" or "a life of great duration", generally they are people who live longer than the promised faith of the people. For biologists, the word longevity is defined as the expected average duration under ideal conditions. The longevity of a person can be a consequence of several factors, such as lifestyle, environment and genetics. Lifestyle is an important factor that determines the longevity
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And stress is the most common cause of illness and premature aging. Longevity, genetically explained, is demonstrated by the Danish twin study, which indicated that only about 20% of how long the person's half-life is determined by the genes. The team of researchers and scientists at National Geographic has been deployed around the world to find places where there is a higher rate of longevity or life expectancy and to find the secrets of long life. The results of this search were found with so-called "blue zones", where there are different communities with different ways of thinking, but in this way they have managed to live longer. These places have been useful in the study of longevity and happiness. In conclusion, longevity is the opportunity to have a long life, but there are factors that can not be controlled like genetics and others that can be managed like lifestyle. Lifestyle is a controllable factor, where each person can choose to have a good lifestyle, such as …show more content…
Longevity depends on the decisions of the people. Places in the world where there is the highest rate of longevity, or “ BLUE ZONES” Barbagia region of Sardinia – Mountainous highlands of inner Sardinia with the world’s highest concentration of male centenarians. Ikaria, Greece – Aegean Island with one of the world’s lowest rates of middle age mortality and the lowest rates of dementia. Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica – World’s lowest rates of middle age mortality, second highest concentration of male centenarians. Seventh Day Adventists – Highest concentration is around Loma Linda, California. They live 10 years longer than their North American counterparts. Okinawa, Japan – Females over 70 are the longest-lived population in the world. SARDINIA Silano is an important community of 2400 people in Sardinia. Silano is located near the Gennargentu mountains in central Sardinia. Lifestyle is the answer for their extraordinary longevity. Men people dedicate to agriculture and care to livestock. Their wifes have a reputation for taking on the stress of responsibilities as house and family finances. For the men, less stress may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Also, these sardinians benefit from genetic history. About 11,000 years ago, when Romans and Phoenicians discovered Sardinia’ s charms, the natives were forced to retreat into the highlands. In their isolation native Sardinians became genetics incubators,
And stress is the most common cause of illness and premature aging. Longevity, genetically explained, is demonstrated by the Danish twin study, which indicated that only about 20% of how long the person's half-life is determined by the genes. The team of researchers and scientists at National Geographic has been deployed around the world to find places where there is a higher rate of longevity or life expectancy and to find the secrets of long life. The results of this search were found with so-called "blue zones", where there are different communities with different ways of thinking, but in this way they have managed to live longer. These places have been useful in the study of longevity and happiness. In conclusion, longevity is the opportunity to have a long life, but there are factors that can not be controlled like genetics and others that can be managed like lifestyle. Lifestyle is a controllable factor, where each person can choose to have a good lifestyle, such as …show more content…
Longevity depends on the decisions of the people. Places in the world where there is the highest rate of longevity, or “ BLUE ZONES” Barbagia region of Sardinia – Mountainous highlands of inner Sardinia with the world’s highest concentration of male centenarians. Ikaria, Greece – Aegean Island with one of the world’s lowest rates of middle age mortality and the lowest rates of dementia. Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica – World’s lowest rates of middle age mortality, second highest concentration of male centenarians. Seventh Day Adventists – Highest concentration is around Loma Linda, California. They live 10 years longer than their North American counterparts. Okinawa, Japan – Females over 70 are the longest-lived population in the world. SARDINIA Silano is an important community of 2400 people in Sardinia. Silano is located near the Gennargentu mountains in central Sardinia. Lifestyle is the answer for their extraordinary longevity. Men people dedicate to agriculture and care to livestock. Their wifes have a reputation for taking on the stress of responsibilities as house and family finances. For the men, less stress may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. Also, these sardinians benefit from genetic history. About 11,000 years ago, when Romans and Phoenicians discovered Sardinia’ s charms, the natives were forced to retreat into the highlands. In their isolation native Sardinians became genetics incubators,