長壽的方法

長壽的方法

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世紀(jì)，英國哲學(xué)家和科學(xué)家羅杰·培根就提出，衰老是由活力的減弱或“天生的水分”造成的。他建議，為了延長壽命，老男人應(yīng)該花時間和年輕女人在一起，享受她們甜美、濕潤的氣息。好很好!對我們當(dāng)代的人來說，這聽起來完全令人毛骨悚然，但它表明，當(dāng)談到追求不朽時，我們已經(jīng)抓了長時間的稻草。

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.

誰不想長生不老呢?然而，盡管科學(xué)家、未來學(xué)家和思忖者們多年來一直在考慮這個想法，但除了低溫或吸血鬼的叮咬，我們最終都會放棄這個想法。

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 a whole bunch of them, any of which you can start now.

但這并不意味著我們沒有辦法讓這個幽靈多干幾班。現(xiàn)代科學(xué)也無法抵擋長壽的誘惑，研究人員不知疲倦地工作，得出了許多關(guān)于如何不那么快死亡的結(jié)論。這里有一大堆，你可以從任何一個開始。

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:瑞典的研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)唱歌可以改善心臟健康。加州大學(xué)舊金山分校正在進(jìn)行更多的研究，以確定唱歌是否能帶來更長壽、更健康的生活。

2. For men, stay married: According to The Longevity Project, men who got and stayed married were likely to live beyond age 70, but less than one-third of divorced men made it to that age. Men who never married outlived those who divorced, but not those who stayed married. Marital status made little difference for women.

對于男性來說，保持婚姻:根據(jù)長壽項目，已婚和保持婚姻的男性可能活到70歲以上，但只有不到三分之一的離婚男性能活到70歲。沒結(jié)過婚的男人比離婚的男人壽命長，但沒結(jié)過婚的男人壽命長?；橐鰻顩r對女性影響不大。

3. 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，盡職盡責(zé):長壽項目也發(fā)現(xiàn)，具有盡職盡責(zé)、勤奮工作的性格特征的人平均壽命要長兩到三年，這相當(dāng)于早死的風(fēng)險降低了20%到30%。

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

4. Eat berries: Berries don’t get the “miracle superfood” label slapped on them for nothing; the benefits of eating berries are practically too numerous to mention. Just about any of them will do, but here’s the skinny on 11 berries to improve your health.

吃漿果:漿果不會無緣無故被貼上“神奇超級食物”的標(biāo)簽;吃漿果的好處實在是數(shù)不勝數(shù)。任何一種漿果都可以，但這里有11種漿果的瘦身方法可以改善你的健康。

5. 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.

保持聯(lián)系:擁有社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)的人——如現(xiàn)實生活中的朋友、家人或其他社區(qū)——往往壽命更長。例如，一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，寡婦比鰥夫和已婚婦女活得更長，因為她們與其他婦女形成了社會聯(lián)系。

6. Put on your sneakers: And then run. But you don’t have to be a marathoner to enjoy the life-extending benefits of running. Researchers found that runners lived an average of three years longer than their non-running peers and that running a minimum of 30 minutes to 59 minutes each week at a pace of less than 6 miles per hour offered the same health benefits as running for longer or faster periods.

穿上你的運(yùn)動鞋:然后跑。但你不必成為一名馬拉松運(yùn)動員才能享受跑步帶來的延年益壽的好處。研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，跑步者比不跑步的同齡人平均多活3年，每周至少跑30分鐘到59分鐘，速度低于6英里每小時，與跑得更久或更快的人獲得的健康益處相同。

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

7. 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!)

為了正確的理由去幫助別人:那些為了無私的理由去做志愿者的人比那些不做慈善或志愿工作的人活得長。(然而，那些以自我為中心的志愿者并沒有獲得同樣的延長壽命的好處!)