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nakedneuron ◴[] No.44394139[source]
Truth is many people also stop moving (exercising) significantly in their forties (reason being probably sitting lifestyle promotes posture and fascia degradation which makes moving less and less enjoyable).

I'd posit that another significant decline in moving occurs in the sixties when many go in rent.

Not sure if the biological clock is cause of abrupt changes or rather our scheduled lives. So, no significant changes from the sixties on? Then what's the genetic function of those programmations?

People who reach old age (100+) are mostly also comparatively healthy.

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safety1st ◴[] No.44394645[source]
Without writing a book about it I'll just say that I think the most important thing is people shouldn't look at this info and conclude that their body's going to fall apart no matter what.

I'm in my mid 40s and in the best shape of my life, lots of energy, aches and pains from my late 30s have all disappeared, to get there it took diet and exercise changes that were surprisingly modest. For me it was mostly weights, a little bit of cardio, and cutting back on my worst episodes of caloric excess.

I have friends who didn't do any diet and exercise interventions, and are starting to look like hell and complain about the "inevitable" consequences of aging.

And then there are those jacked dudes in their 70s who are hitting the gym 5 times a week, I can only aspire to be as healthy as them at their age.

Use it (with proper care and feeding) or lose it.

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andrepd ◴[] No.44394681[source]
I'm sure there's also an important component of luck and general health there.
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1. adrianN ◴[] No.44394814[source]
A healthy lifestyle improves outcomes pretty much regardless of genetics. Genetics just determines the ceiling.
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2. 6P58r3MXJSLi ◴[] No.44394949[source]
> A healthy lifestyle improves outcomes pretty much regardless of genetics

to be able to afford a healthy life depends a lot on luck, much more than good DNA.

secondarily: modern western societies make it almost impossible for a large portion of the population to live such a lifestyle.

It's more probable than an African lives a healthy life style, even in poverty, than an American working 70 hours/week, with no paid holidays, trapped in stressful groundhog days in highly polluted cities.

That's why I never left my country, even though it costed me a lot monetarily wise.

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3. MOARDONGZPLZ ◴[] No.44396140[source]
> That's why I never left my country, even though it costed me a lot monetarily wise.

I suspect ignorance is bliss here as your post seems to be mostly weird stereotypes. I hope you didn’t make major life decisions on these bases alone.