Longevity & Vitality Part 2
We mentioned palliative care in our last episode, but many people are unfamiliar with palliative care. So, I want to briefly define palliative care vs hospice care.
Palliative care is specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness, such as cancer or heart failure. Patients in palliative care may receive medical care for their symptoms, or palliative care, along with treatment intended to cure their serious illness. Palliative care is meant to enhance a person's current care by focusing on quality of life for them and their family.
Hospice care focuses on comfort care when approaching the end of life.
March 25, 2020
Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health conducted a massive study of the impact of health habits on life expectancy, using data from the well-known Nurses' Health Study (NHS) and the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS). This means that they had data on a huge number of people over a very long period of time. The NHS included over 78,000 women and followed them from 1980 to 2014. The HPFS included over 40,000 men and followed them from 1986 to 2014. This is over 120,000 participants, 34 years of data for women, and 28 years of data for men.
The researchers looked at NHS and HPFS data on diet, physical activity, body weight, smoking, and alcohol consumption that had been collected from regularly administered, validated questionnaires.
These five areas were chosen because prior studies have shown them to have a large impact on risk of premature death. Here is how these healthy habits were defined and measured:
As it turns out, healthy habits make a big difference. According to this analysis, people who met criteria for all five habits enjoyed significantly, impressively longer lives than those who had none: 14 years for women and 12 years for men (if they had these habits at age 50). People who had none of these habits were far more likely to die prematurely from cancer or cardiovascular disease.
Study investigators also calculated life expectancy by how many of these five healthy habits people had. Just one healthy habit (and it didn't matter which one) … just one… extended life expectancy by two years in men and women. Not surprisingly, the more healthy habits people had, the longer their lifespan.
Habits to longevity:
Senescent cells
These no longer function as healthy cells, yet they don’t die, which is why they’re nicknamed zombie cells.
They’re called zombie cells, because they are damaged and refuse to die. As we age, these damaged cells start to accumulate and cause sterile inflammation (sterile inflammation occurs in the absence of microorganisms and is typically associated from damaged and necrotic cells) which can alter metabolism and stem cell function, promoting aging and the conditions that are often associated with it, like Alzheimer's disease.
Autophagy - is a natural process by which a cell recycles old or damaged components to create new ones and provide energy. Autophagy is important as these "junk" components take up a lot of room in a cell and can prevent it from working properly.
It is triggered by starvation, exercise, fasting, or keto diet,
Finding the root cause of inflammation which is the root of most diseases. - High processed foods, sugar
Inflammaging
One study: 63% of all covid deaths and hospitalizations could have been avoided by better diet
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Dr. Glenda Shepard - Doctor of Nursing Practice/Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner/Certified Nutrition Coach/Certified Personal Trainer/Certified Intrinsic Coach
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Robin McCoy - Certified McIntyre Seal Team Six Coach and John Maxwell Team Trainer/Speaker/Coach
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