Longevity has always been a hot topic. Many people can’t wait to use various methods to achieve the purpose of health preservation and longevity. Blindly eating health care products is one of them.

Aunt Huang underwent heart valve replacement surgery five years ago, and after surgeryneeds to take long-term medication to maintain normal heart function< /span>.

Three years ago, Aunt Huang’s granddaughter passed away due to kidney failure, which brought a lot of blow to her, and paid more attention to health preservation. As a result, Aunt Huang came into contact with health care products, and she became out of control.She even took health care products instead of medicines.

Even though Aunt Huang felt unwell, she still chose to believe in health care products. In the end, Aunt Huang died because of organ failure.

When family members were sorting out Aunt Huang’s belongings, they found that Aunt Huang had spent 300,000 yuan on health care products. /span>, and most of these health care products come from a “Weimou” brand, whose main ingredient is purified water, and the rest are traditional Chinese medicines and sugars.

Some people hope to achieve longevity by eating health supplements, but supplements are not a panacea. In fact, some indicators on the body may reflect physical conditions.

These 4 indicators may be closely related to longevity

Modern scientific research may provide us with a more reliable basis for judgment.

1. Fast and slow pace

A study on 500 elderly people for ten years In a follow-up study, 77% of the elderly who walked slowly died, 50% of the elderly who walked at a moderate pace died, and 27% of the elderly who walked at a fast pace died..

A subsequent study of 4,581 elderly people at the University of London in the United Kingdom also found that compared with the elderly at the average pace, the elderly who walked slowly were more likely to walk suffer from depression.

Actuallywalking speed has a certain relationship with heart function, muscle strength, digestive system condition, bone and joint health, and mental mood. And faster pace also reflects a person’s better aerobic endurance.

The American Heart Association found that aerobic endurance was a more accurate predictor of a person’s chance of death than blood pressure, blood sugar and lipids.

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A study of 3.5 million people showed that with longer follow-up, there were more physical problems in the obese group, including heart disease. The risk of cerebrovascular disease increased by 7%, and the risk of heart failure and stroke doubled.

Recent studies have also found that:Obesity significantly increases breast cancer, bowel cancer, kidney cancer, cervical cancer The risk of developing thirteen cancers, including cancer. Therefore, an overweight person will face more and greater health risks, which is naturally not conducive to longevity.

3. Grip Strength

A 2016 multinational study found , a person’s grip strength is a better predictor of a person’s risk of death than systolic blood pressure.

A 2018 study of 5,000 adults at Queen Mary University of London, UK also found that grip strength was a predictor of heart disease risk One of the important indicators, usually the stronger the grip, the healthier the heart may be.

In order to assess physical fitness, it can be calculated according to the “grip strength BMI”: grip strength BMI = grip strength (kg) / body weight (kg) × 100%. Generally speaking, the normal grip strength index should be greater than 50. The grip strength of men around the age of 40 is about 43-50kg, and the grip strength of women is 27-31kg.

4. Sit-stand ability< /strong>

Chen Fakui, Director of the Physical Examination Center of Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicineintroduced the squat posture in the sit-stand test, it It can help test the flexibility of the lower extremity joint ligaments and the health of the knee joint. And people with good ligament flexibility and healthy joints have a lower probability of subsequent lower extremity dysfunction, which is more conducive to longevity.

Returning from a sitting position to the original standing position without using the strength of the arms is a test of body coordination and balance, especially for the elderly. If the balance and coordination are not good, the risk of falling fractures and even cerebrovascular accidents increases, which is also bad for health.

It is not aging and disease that determines the length of lifespan

The gimmicks of health products have attracted the attention of many people, not only the middle-aged and the elderly People, many young people have gradually become “loyal fans” of health products. However, only byCan health products achieve longevity wishes? There is no such effect at all.

Academician Zhong Nanshan said that the five major determinants of human health are parental inheritance (15%), social environment (10%), natural environment (7%), medical conditions (8%), and most importantly, lifestyle (60%).

So if you want to live a long and healthy life, change your lifestyle is the key .

In the Guangdong Staff Lecture Hall, Mr. Zhong once held a lecture on the theme of himself being the best doctor. He expresses his advice.

First of all,Health should start around the age of 30. After all, many living habits are developed in youth. For example, smoking and drinking, so we should learn to maintain health from a young age, rather than thinking about how to maintain health in middle age.

Secondly, life is not long, the quality is not high, and personal views on health are very important.

In 2004, Academician Zhong Nanshan suffered from myocardial infarction after fighting against SARS. Tian relatives said from the bottom of their hearts: You are very lucky, the domestic technology in this area has gradually matured, and you should pay more attention to your health in the future. Academician suddenly became enlightened, and Academician Zhong became more relaxed after he was relieved.

Anxiety, depression, irritability and other negative psychological emotions will destroy the balance of the internal environment, thereby affecting a person’s health.

In addition, eat when you are full, even if you don’t like vegetables. Modern people’s eating habits are unhealthy, and they prefer greasy things, and this change in eating habits has also led to a rapid increase in the incidence of bowel cancer in my country. Vegetables are rich in fiber, which can help cleanse the gut.

Quit smoking too. As a leader in the respiratory department, Academician Zhong understands the dangers of smoking. A 10-year study found that a smoker is 10 times more likely to develop lung cancer than a non-smoker.

In addition, tobacco can also increase the incidence of malignant tumors, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes and other diseases.

Finally, like eating, sleeping, Exercise like work, Academician Zhong will find time to exercise every day no matter how busy he is. Many people actually know the importance of exercise, but there is a misunderstanding that exercise is like going to the park to play ball and run on weekends, or training with a large amount of exercise.

According to a WHO report, it is recommended that we exercise 150 minutes a week, which translates to about 20 minutes a day, Exercise should be adhered to instead of three days of fishing and two days of netting, long-term adherence to exercise can reduce the incidence of cancer, coronary heart disease and diabetes.

Summary:It is not aging and disease that determine the length of life. If we want health and longevity, we should change our way of life and not rely on health care products.

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