"Your interest in longevity may be entrepreneurial; after all, people who want to live longer, healthier lives are a huge market. Or maybe, if you hope to be wealthy, there's what Warren Buffett called the Methuselah technique: a long life and a high rate of return. More likely, though, your interest in longevity is personal. We all hope to live a longer, healthier life."
"The problem is, the recommendation bar for living a longer life can seem impossibly high. One study found you need between 150 and 300 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity to "mitigate" the risk of death associated with sitting. Another study found you need to jog five days a week for 30 to 40 minutes for your body to have the "age progression" of someone nine years younger."
"Among psychosocial factors that appear to be potential health assets (e.g., social integration), optimism has some of the strongest and most consistent associations with a wide range of health outcomes, including reduced risk of cardiovascular events, lung function decline, and premature mortality. Investigators have speculated that optimism may facilitate healthier bio-behavioral processes, and ultimately longevity, because optimism directly contributes to how goals are translated into behaviors."
People seek longevity for business or personal reasons, including financial strategies that pair long life with high investment returns. Achieving longer life through exercise often requires substantial activity—studies tie 150–300 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity or jogging five days weekly to marked age-related benefits. Two long-term studies found high optimism associated with 11–15% longer lifespans after adjusting for health and socioeconomic factors. Optimism correlates with reduced cardiovascular events, slower lung function decline, and lower premature mortality. Optimism may promote healthier bio-behavioral processes by helping translate goals into behaviors. Strong social integration confers roughly a 50% higher survival chance across demographics and causes of death.
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