9种延长寿命的方法

9种延长寿命的方法

Back in the 13th century, English philosopher and scientist Roger Bacon proposed that aging was caused by the waning of vital spirit, or "innate moisture." To increase one’s longevity, he advised, old men should spend time in the company of young women to take in their sweet, moist breath. Well alrighty then! To our contemporary sentiments, this comes off as completely creepy, but it goes to show that when it comes to the quest for immortality, we’ve been grasping at straws for a long time.

早在13世纪，英国哲学家和科学家罗杰·培根就提出，衰老是由生命力的衰退或“天生的水分”造成的。他建议，为了延长寿命，老年人应该花时间和年轻女性在一起，呼吸她们甜美湿润的气息。好很好!对我们当代的情感来说，这听起来完全令人毛骨悚然，但它表明，在追求永生的问题上，我们已经抓了很长时间的救命稻草。

Being proactive about aging could add years to your life. (Photo: nd3000/Shutterstock.com)

And who doesn’t want to live forever? Yet while scientists, futurists and ponderers have been occupied with the idea for ages, short of cryogenics or a vampire bite, we will all eventually give up the ghost.

谁不想永远活下去呢?然而，尽管科学家、未来学家和沉思者多年来一直忙于这个想法，除了低温学或吸血鬼叮咬，我们最终都会放弃这个想法。

But that doesn’t mean there aren’t steps we can take to keep that ghost working a few extra shifts. Modern science hasn’t been immune to the lure of longevity, and researchers have worked tirelessly, reaching a number of conclusions about how not to die so quickly. Here are 9 of them, any of which you can start now.

但这并不意味着我们不能采取措施让那个鬼加班。现代科学也未能幸免于长寿的诱惑，研究人员孜孜不倦地工作，得出了许多关于如何不那么快死亡的结论。下面是其中的9个，其中任何一个都可以从现在开始。

1.Sing: Researchers in Sweden found that singing improved heart health. More research is being conducted at the University of California San Francisco to determine if singing can lead to a longer, healthier life.

唱歌:瑞典的研究人员发现唱歌可以改善心脏健康。加州大学旧金山分校正在进行更多的研究，以确定唱歌是否能带来更长寿、更健康的生活。

2.Work hard and be conscientious: Also discovered by The Longevity Project, people with conscientious, hard-working personality traits had a longer life by an average of two to three years — that’s equivalent to a 20% to 30% decreased risk of early death.

努力工作、有责任心:长寿项目也发现，有责任心、勤奋工作的性格特点的人平均寿命要长两到三年，这相当于早死风险降低了20%到30%。

Strawberries and other berries are superfoods with numerous health benefits. (Photo: Thomas Klee/Shutterstock.com)

3.Stay connected: People who have a social network — as in real-life friends, family or other community — have a tendency to live longer. One study found that widows, for example, live longer that widowers and still-married women because of the social bonds they form with other women.

保持联系:拥有社交网络的人——就像现实生活中的朋友、家人或其他社区一样——往往活得更长。例如，一项研究发现，寡妇比鳏夫和已婚妇女活得更长，因为她们与其他妇女形成了社会联系。

4.Help out, for the right reasons: People who volunteer for selfless reasons live longer than those who do no charity or volunteer work. (However, those who volunteer for self-centered reasons do not reap the same life-extending benefits!)

为正确的理由伸出援手:那些为无私的理由做志愿者的人比那些不做慈善或志愿工作的人活得更长。(然而，那些以自我为中心的志愿者并没有获得同样的延长寿命的好处!)

Be selfless when you volunteer and it can add to your life. (Photo: Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock)

5.Embrace your inner Grinch: This one goes against expectations, but here goes. Based on data from a large, 10-year survey, older Germans who were more pessimistic tended to live longer, healthier lives than their counterparts with a more positive outlook.

拥抱你内心的Grinch:这个与预期相反，但它在这里。根据一项为期10年的大型调查数据，悲观的德国老年人往往比乐观的同龄人活得更长、更健康。

The Mediterranean diet is heavy on fruits, vegetables and olive oil. (Photo: Marian Weyo/Shutterstock.com)

6.Add a dash of turmeric: Given all of its vibrancy, it comes as little surprise that this bright orange spice is packed with disease-fighting antioxidants. Turmeric is proving to be a powerful anti-inflammatory as well.

加入少许姜黄:鉴于姜黄的活力，这种明亮的橙色香料富含抗病抗氧化剂也就不足为奇了。姜黄也被证明是一种强大的抗炎药。

7.Take a walk: The benefits of a daily walk are many and include significantly reducing the risk for developing Type-2 diabetes, stroke and dementia. But walk briskly.

散步:每天散步的好处很多，包括显著降低患2型糖尿病、中风和痴呆的风险。但就快走。

8.And be a fast walker: How fast you walk could indicate your longevity. One study found that a 70-year-old man who walks 2.5 miles an hour compared to the same age man who walks only 1 mile an hour is expected to live eight years longer than the slower man. If you’re a woman, the difference is a whopping 10 years! A 2019 studyfound that people who walk faster are more likely to live longer, no matter how much they weigh.

做一个快走者:你走多快可以影响你的寿命。一项研究发现，一个70岁的老人，如果他每小时步行2.5英里，而与他同龄的人，如果他每小时只步行1英里，那么他的寿命预计会比比他慢的人长8年。如果你是一个女人，差别会是惊人的10年!2019年的一项研究发现，走得快的人更有可能活得更长，不管他们有多重。

9.Eat less: We know you probably don’t want to hear this, but if humans react anything like the rhesus monkeys in one study, then cutting calories by 30% (while maintaining all of the ingredients needed for optimal health) will result in less diabetes, cancer, heart and brain disease.

少吃:我们知道你可能不想听到这个，但如果在一项研究中，人类的反应像恒河猴一样，那么减少30%的卡路里(同时保持最佳健康所需的所有成分)将导致更少的糖尿病、癌症、心脏病和脑病。