This One Is For The Men Who Read This Blog
posted in Nutrition and Weight Loss |This One Is For The Men Who Read This Blog
Here’s a message for the guys. Ladies, you can certainly read this as well — in fact — you better — because the guys are going to need you to keep them on the ball.
First, a question.
Would you like to live into your 80s and beyond?
If the answer was yes, then for starters, you need to get a good education. You need to get married. And, you need to avoid gaining too much weight.
These are some of the keys to long life for boomer-age men, according to a recent USA study.
In fact, nine factors in all were identified as good predictors of which 50-plus men would live healthily into their 80s and beyond, according to a 40-year study of nearly 6,000 Japanese-American men living in Hawaii. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, concluded men were more likely to remain healthy, vigorous and disability-free at older ages, if they avoided certain risk factors.
The ability to avoid these 9 major risk factors in midlife— in particular those linked to insulin levels such as overweight, high blood sugar, high triglycerides (a type of cholesterol) and high blood pressure— is a strong indicator of whether you will survive to old age and if you do, whether you will be healthy.
Nine Important Predictors of Long Life
Men who meet the following criteria are more likely to live longer, according to the study:
• Are married
• Are not overweight
• Have low blood pressure
• Possess a strong grip (indicating overall strength and fitness)
• Have attained a high level of education
• Have low blood sugar
• Avoid heavy drinking
• Do not smoke
• Have a low level of bad cholesterol.
The study, known as the Hawaii Lifespan Study, followed the health of participants for up to 40 years to assess overall, healthy, or “exceptional survival”. The men in the study, who had an average age of 54 when the research began back in 1965, were given a baseline exam at the time and found to be free of illness and functional impairments.
As reported by Reuters, men who followed the healthful criteria had an 80 per cent chance of living to age 80 and were more likely to avoid illness. 42 per cent of the participants lived until 85, with 11 per cent reaching the age without serious health problems such as heart disease, cancer or diabetes.
The study found that a man’s chances of being healthy at age 80 if you avoided the risk factors were better than 60 percent. However, if you had six or more of the risk factors, you had less than a 10 percent chance of living into your 80s.
Pay attention guys (and I hope you’re reading this too, ladies,) this is proof that it’s vitally important to be physically fit and strong into your midlife. Let’s face it, this only makes sense when you consider the fact that better built organisms last longer.
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