Scientists have discovered a possible scientific reason for the significant difference in human lifespan, which could help to understand why some people live exceptionally long lives while most people do not.
New research has found that the biological composition of the blood of people who reach the age of 90 is clearly different from that of the general population.
According to a report published on the British website Indy100, the researchers say that this difference indicates that longevity is not simply the result of lifestyle, but may also be a natural or hereditary trait to some extent. Thanks to this research, it may now be possible in the future to identify people with a long life potential at birth.
This new scientific research has found that the key to longevity is hidden in the blood, and longevity is inherited, that is, the blood decides who will live to be 100 years old. Scientific research has shown that longevity is related to metabolic health. In fact, this amazing discovery related to blood provides the answer to the question of whether longevity is fate or nature? Perhaps after this research, the mystery of longevity is now close to being solved. And in the future, it may also be possible that a blood test will determine whether you can live to be 100 years old.
According to experts, the number of elderly people around the world is increasing rapidly and since the 1970s, this population has been doubling almost every ten years. Trying to find out the reasons for longevity and healthy aging is nothing new, philosophers Plato and Aristotle also considered the aging process two and a half thousand years ago.
In the study, published in the scientific journal GeroScience, researchers analyzed biological data from people who lived to be over 90. The results showed that these people had relatively low levels of cholesterol, glucose, creatinine and uric acid, which are linked to kidney function and physical metabolism.
The study is one of the largest studies of its kind, comparing people who live to be 100 years old or older with their peers who died younger. For this purpose, the medical records of 44,000 Swedish citizens were reviewed, who were examined between the ages of 64 and 99 and followed for 35 years through national registers.
According to the data, only 2.7 percent of the people in the study reached the age of 100, of whom the majority, about 85 percent, were women. The researchers say that although definitive conclusions cannot be drawn from this study, the evidence suggests that there may be a strong link between metabolic health, nutrition and longevity, while factors such as diet and alcohol consumption also likely play a role in this process.
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