Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing their diets

Re:Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing th... by agumonkey on Monday January 18, 2021 @01:43AM (#25818926)

The more I try to read, the less I know, the more I believe the answer is:

     - eat few
     - eat varied
     - move more
     - be with others
     - sleep nice

Basically, avoid modern lifestyle advice.

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Re:Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing th... by DrRobinson on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:10AM (#25819416)

Follow this advice and you'll increase your chances of growing older increases quite a lot, and you'll stay healthier in your older years as well.

There is only so far these things can take us though. A lot of (but still too little) research is being done on slowing down or maybe even reversing aging, which could increase our lifespan to 150 (or maybe even longer). Not only would we live longer, but we would stay healthier for longer as well.

If you're interested, make sure to check out the longevity subreddit[0], some longevity discords[1][2]. Also make sure to read Lifespan by Dr. David Sinclair[3] and/or Ageless by Dr.Andrew Steele[4]

Some other things to keep an eye on:

  - Blood pressure
  - Resting heart rate
  - Brush teeth twice a day
  - Reduce meat
  - Don't smoke
  - Reduce alcohol
  - Avoid stress
  - Your mental health

0. https://www.reddit.com/r/longevity

1. https://discord.gg/HwTX7gR

2. https://discord.gg/ftSbffu

3. https://www.amazon.com/Lifespan-Why-Age-Dont-Have/dp/0008380...

4. https://andrewsteele.co.uk/ageless/ (not yet released in the US)

X. Longevity knowledgebase: https://brain.forever-healthy.org/display/EN/Longevity+Strat...

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Re:Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing th... by agumonkey on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:21PM (#25826141)

Thanks for the links.

ps: the discords are a bit slow activity though IIRC

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Re:Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing th... by ford_o on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @03:33AM (#25831195)

Why brushing teeth is so important?

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Re:Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing th... by agumonkey on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @05:57PM (#25840089)

One reason is that it's an interface to your bloodstream. Infection under gums can leak pathogens to your heart.

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Re:Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing th... by _laiq on Monday January 18, 2021 @02:21AM (#25819146)

Modern lifestyle advice dictates people to eat more, to move less, to be alone and sleep less ?

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Re:Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing th... by agumonkey on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:42AM (#25819603)

Modern lifestyle makes you chase technohopium based ideas. Often they'll sell you complex solutions for a non existent problem.

Modern life is never calling for bad ideas loudly, but tons of incentives that make you go the wrong way slowly.

Bad job -> stress -> comforting with premade meals too tasty due to sugar and additives. No more walking because you want to leverage your car. You delay sleep to work later (bad work practices) to have leisure.

When I did simpler but physically demanding jobs, I ate simpler, went to bed early because I was simply cooked but it didn't feel like stress, but good fatigue (the kind you have after long swim session).

Modern jobs also turn you against each other way too often. I firmly believe there's a huge amount of benefits of doing simple chores in team, rather than ruminating in your cubicle delaying answers in mails..

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Re:Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing th... by faceplanted on Monday January 18, 2021 @11:46AM (#25823580)

You two are talking different things, you originally said "modern lifestyle advice", but now you're saying "modern lifestyle", which are very different things, the "advice" agrees with you, that's what the guy was asking about it.

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Re:Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing th... by agumonkey on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:05PM (#25825964)

Let's not play on words. Consumerism sell you promises of better life which turned out to be false most often. It might only be an implicit advice but anyway.

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Re:Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing th... by snovv_crash on Monday January 18, 2021 @04:23AM (#25819878)

If you watch TV, isn't that basically what all the ads tell you? Eat fast food, watch this show, play this game?

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Re:Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing th... by adrianN on Monday January 18, 2021 @04:38AM (#25819980)

It comes with sitting 45 hours a week in an office and trying to cram as much activity as possible in the remaining day.

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Re:Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing th... by corobo on Monday January 18, 2021 @06:45AM (#25820761)

Literally sitting at a computer working from home during a pandemic right now.. yes

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