Posted on 06/18/2024 12:40:28 PM PDT by Red Badger
A massive study of 2.3 million people has found that, independent of socioeconomic factors, mental well-being may be the most important single aspect to healthy aging and living longer lives. But a surprise finding was that those who reported the best mental health and stress resilience, which boosted well-being, also seemed to eat more cheese.
Yes, cheese – something we've been making around the world and eating for more than 4,000 years, as recorded on the walls of tombs in ancient Egypt. In fact, a few years ago the world's oldest cheese – aged a few centuries beyond palatability – was dug up in the region.
The link between cheese and well-being was an unexpected finding in the study conducted by a team of researchers led by Tian-Ge Wang, out of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine.
"To inform meaningful health policies, we need fine-grained causal evidence on which dimensions of socio-economic status affect longevity and the mediating roles of modifiable factors such as lifestyle and disease," the researchers noted in the paper.
They looked at eight datasets encompassing a total of 2.3 million genetically diverse Europeans, using DNA-driven, two-sample Mendelian randomization to not just link a multitude of factors to healthy aging, but identify stronger, causal impacts. Naturally, it's complicated, because of what we know of how much genetics, lifestyle, wealth and education are inextricably linked to disease, health and lifespan.
In order to extract meaningful data, the team looked at mental well-being on the genetically independent phenotype of aging (aging-GIP) and the five common traits of this robust aging phenotype – resilience, self-rated health, healthspan, parental lifespan and longevity. These results were adjusted to account for socio-economic factors.
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“In order to extract meaningful data, the team looked at mental well-being on the genetically independent phenotype of aging (aging-GIP) and the five common traits of this robust aging phenotype – resilience, self-rated health, healthspan, parental lifespan and longevity. These results were adjusted to account for socio-economic factors.”
Not a strong force.
IOW, did they eat Brie or Gubmint cheese?.................
I buy Walmart brand cheese by the 2lb block. Usually Colby-Jack.
But only if one includes preferred wine, sliced apple, and homemade biscuit.
Bon Appétit!
“A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness— O, Wilderness were Paradise enow!” - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Why not a proper dosage of Whine?
There was a great cheese place at Watonga that made the most interesting cheese in conical rolls. It too had great melting properties. Sort of rubbery and chewy in a good way.
I’ve never smoked cheese.
I assume it’s difficult to light...................😁
Sounds great!
The anti milk zealots will pitch a fit over this.
There are plenty of those who think milk is bad for you and adult humans are not meant to eat or drink it.
It’s harsh to inhale too.
I don’t know if this study is very valid scientifically, but I’ll take the news and hope it’s right. I eat cheese of one type or another pretty much every day. Good thing I’m not lactose-intolerant.
Not at all. Just put it in a pan, cover to taste and smoke it over your favorite wood.
I made French Onion soup yesterday...lotsa cheese works!!
If cheese is good for you then I’ll live forever 🤣🤣🤣
I eat cheese daily on something or just slice a piece to nibble on.
Wife “forces” me to have one glass of Pinot Noir Sunday - Thursday. She said it’s good for my heart.
To me it’s like rotten grape juice. I suffer through but usually with cheese and crackers which to me offsets any health benefits.
Tonight it’s cheese goldfish 🤣🤣 grandkids are here!!
Cheese is the only institution I still trust.
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