Posted on 12/09/2021 6:25:49 AM PST by Mariner
New research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that humans evolved to maintain a high degree of activity as we age.
Some people think they need to rest more as they get older, but the opposite is actually true: cycling, strength training, yoga, hiking, and swimming are among activities that are ideal for seniors.
Although humans might be tens of thousands of years past the hunter-gatherer days, the forces that shaped health for them are just as valid now, according to new research in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. One major example, researchers suggest, is maintaining a high degree of activity as we age.
Despite previous assumptions that our ancestors had short lifespans, that’s been disproven by fossils indicating it was common for people to live into their 70s, the researchers note. They found that exercise likely had notable benefits that enabled longer life. These benefits include enhanced blood flow, reduce fat storage, efficient repair of DNA processes, and release of anti-inflammatory compounds.
All of these processes enabled hunter-gatherers to live for decades past their reproductive years. In what researchers call the “active grandparent hypothesis,” they suggest that evolution favored humans who engaged in lifelong physical activity, because it reduces vulnerability to chronic disease.
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Here's a prescription for you:
Get up off your fat a$$ and move!
Amen!
Put down the phone, turn off the tv, exercise at least 150 min a week, cut out the sugar, give up the bread and stop snacking between meals and no food after 8pm. There are lots of other things you can do but if you install these few things I go your life style in a short time, you’ll start to feel better and lose a little weight. It’s working for me.
And take K2 &B3 :) oh, and zinc, vitamin C and plenty of beer.
Yep, stay active.
And you don’t have to eat super healthy all the time.
Just stop eating mostly crap.
It’s the pain from old injuries and general wear and tear that keeps people sedentary.
I would assume cutting down trees, clearing/burning brush and splitting firewood at age 71 would kinda fall into the “move” category? /s
I’m a believer. At 72 I walk, run some, lift weights and do planks, etc. I’ve been doing a 3 mile walk with short runs interspersed along the way 3 days a week. Last weekend I went to a school track and took off to see how far I could jog. Made it 3 miles without any walking, was shocked.
Yeah, the average life span was mid-thirties a couple of hundred years ago, but there was much higher infant mortality.
Mother and child die during child birth, mother 19, child 1, man dies at age 70. Average age of death is around 30.
Go to an old cemetery and look at all the headstones for under age five. After surviving childhood, average age was maybe only slightly lower than now.
Medical advancements have made a difference, too. Before hip replacement, a broken hip was a death sentence.
What?? You mean I can't just take Vitamin D and Intermittent fast and live forever?
Yep if people take the time and do it a military gait walk will
give you good exercise for both muscles and breathing. jmo.
Walk 30 mins a day and walk a round of golf every week. Vitamins and Ivermectin keep the viruses away.
At 75 Dad hand dug a water well. At 65 for me walking one hour a day is just fine along with some stretching. I miss my yoga classes but do those at times on YouTube, the classes are kind of pricey.
That regiment has been working for me.
Absolutely. Dad was doing physical work that even most men in their prime could not keep up with when he was 78. Pushing 87 now and still very physically fit for his age and still pushes himself with physical work.
I stay active and I practice my 12 ounce curls daily.
I agree. I see guys my age that have rotted from within. I see guys my age that stay active stay youthful.
Just watched a guy rent an auger and pay someone with a trailer to fetch it from the store and take it back when he was done. To dig just four post holes...
I’m knocking on 60.
Lost 60 lbs, eating right, no junk food, pumping iron, walk 4-5 days per week on trails and have more energy than when I was in my 40’s. Started Jan 2021 when my BP was 220/125-now it’s back to normal.
Experiencing morning wood first time in years
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