Ufuna Ukuphila 100? Ukuqwalasela le miSebenzi eSebenzayo yokuThathaka

Inani labantu baseMelika abahlala kwi-100 - nangaphaya - liye landa kakhulu kumashumi eminyaka akutshanje, ngelixa abo bangaphezulu kweminyaka yobudala be-80 baqulunqa icandelo labantu abakhula ngokukhawuleza emhlabeni, ngophando lwamva nje.

Phakathi kwe-1980 kunye ne-2014, iminyaka yokuphila e-United States inyuke ukusuka kwiminyaka ye-73.8 ukuya kwiminyaka ye-79.1. Okwangoku, inani lamaMelika afikelela kwaye adlulele kwiminyaka yobudala i-100 idlule kwi-100,000, kwaye elo nani kulindeleke ukuba likhule amatyeli asibhozo-ukuya kwi-800,000-yi-2050, ngokweZiko lezeMpilo leSizwe kunye ne-US Census Bureau.

Ke iyintoni imfihlo yokuphila ixesha elide ngokwaneleyo ukubhiyozela usuku lwakho lokuzalwa lwe-100th?

Ngelixa kungabikho miyalelo yomlilo ngokuqinisekileyo yokuba uhlale umntu oneminyaka emide kakhulu, abaphandi abade bafumanisa ukuba itikiti ngumxube wezofuzo kunye nendlela yokuphila-okuthetha ukuba kukho amanyathelo ongawathabatha ukukhulisa ubunzima bakho bokuphila ixesha elide.

Uphononongo oluphawuleka eSweden, umzekelo, lwabonisa ukuba amadoda abhiyozela usuku lwawo lokuzalwa lwe-100th bonke banomama ababehlala kwii-80s zabo kunye nee90s. Kodwa uhlobo lwemfuzo yayingeyiyo yodwa inkalo. Olu phononongo lukwabonisa ukuba amadoda ayenezinto ezininzi ezinokubangela ukuba ahlawuleke ngazo. Njengokuba:

• Bonke babengabatshayi.
• Bahlala bahlala bekulungele kwaye bethambile ngokutya ukutya okunesondlo kunye nokuzivocavoca rhoqo.
• Phantse bonke babenamanqanaba asempilweni e-cholesterol kunye noxinzelelo lwegazi, enciphisa umngcipheko wabo wokuhlaselwa sisifo sentliziyo, i-1 engunobangela wokufa kwihlabathi liphela.
• Babenamakhaya abo okanye beqesha iindawo zokuhlala ezibizayo, ezibavumela ukuba baphile ngokuzimeleyo kwaye bahlale benengqondo, ngokwasemzimbeni nangokwasentlalweni.
• Uninzi aluzange uthathe umhlala-phantsi ngaphambi kwexesha, kodwa endaweni yoko lusebenze de kube ubuncinci be-54.
• Akukho mntu wasela ngaphezu kweekomityi ezine zekofu ngosuku.
• Uninzi lwenze ingxelo yokuba nethemba ebomini, abathi abaphandi babancede bamkele amandla okucinga ngokuqinisekileyo kunye nokulwa uxinzelelo kunye noxinzelelo.

Izifundo zabantu baseMelika abaneminyaka elikhulu bafikelele kwizigqibo ezifanayo malunga nonxibelelwano phakathi kwendlela yokuphila esempilweni kunye nobomi obude.

Uphononongo lwakutsha nje oluthelekisa kunye nokuthelekisa indlela yokuphila yabantu baseMelika kunye nobomi obuphezulu kunye nobomi obuphantsi kakhulu bafumana umahluko obonakalayo kwimikhwa yemihla ngemihla yabo bantu. Kolu phando, abaphandi bavavanya abahlali baseSummit County, Colo., Enelona lizwe liphela lilindelwe bubomi (iminyaka ye-86.8, iminyaka emibini iphakame kune-Andorra, ilizwe elincinci elinobomi obuphezulu belizwe) kunye neLakota County, SD - eyiphi sinobomi besizwe obuphantsi bokuphila okulindelekileyo (iminyaka ye-66.8, xa kuthelekiswa namanye amazwe ehlabathi eSithathu njengeSudan.

Abaphandi bagqibe kwelokuba i-74 ipesenti yoku kungangqinelani inokuchazwa ngezinto ezinobungozi ezinjengamanqanaba omzimba, ukutya, ukusetyenziswa kwecuba, kunye nokukhuluphala, nto leyo eyonyusa umngcipheko wokuhlakulela iimeko ezisongela ubomi sisifo seswekile, uxinzelelo lwegazi, isifo sentliziyo, kunye iintlobo ezithile zomhlaza.

Ehlabathini lonke, izinga lezifo ezinganyangekiyo ezinjengezifo zentliziyo liphantsi kakhulu e-Okinawa Archipelago, iqela le-161 iziqithi zamakhorali kwi-East China Sea esekhaya labantu abade kakhulu emhlabeni.

Nazi ezinye zezizathu zokuba uninzi lwazo luphilele kwi-100:

Ukutya. I-Okinawans ngokuyintloko ixhomekeke kwimithombo yezityalo enjengeetapile ezinencasa, imifuno, kunye neenkozo zizonke. Bongeza ukutya kwabo ngee-servings ezimbini okanye ezintathu ngeveki yeentlanzi ezisandul 'ukubanjwa, iimveliso zesoya, kunye nokusebenza okwexeshana kwengulube ebilisiweyo kunye namafutha ancitshisiweyo. Baphinde basele iti eluhlaza ye-antioxidant-igolide eluhlaza eyongezwe ngeentyatyambo zejasmine.

Ukuzivocavoca. Kuba uninzi lwe-Okinawans ngabalobi okanye ngabalimi, bahlala besebenza ngaphandle baluphele. Bafumana umthambo owongezelelweyo ngokuhamba, ukusebenza egadini, ubugcisa bemfazwe kunye nomdaniso wesiko.

Ubomi bokuhlala. Njengabanye abantu abaphila ixesha elide, ama-Okinawan agcina ubudlelwane obusondeleyo boluntu.

Ukuxinezeleka. Bazibandakanya neendlela zokunciphisa uxinzelelo njengokucamngca rhoqo.

Enye indawo eshushu yobushushu sisiqithi saseGrisi saseSymi, apho abahlali bahlala khona kwii90 zabo. Nabo, baxhomekeke kwiziqhamo, imifuno, intlanzi kunye nenyama encinci. Kodwa bathambekele ekunciphiseni isidlo sabo sotamatisi yokutya, ioyile eyongezelelweyo yomnquma kunye negalikhi. Basela newayini ebomvu ngokutya okuninzi, oku kunceda i-akhawunti yabo kwizinga eliphantsi lokubetha kwentliziyo.

Ke ixesha lokuphila liya kuqhubeka ixesha elide kangakanani lokukhula?

Isazi sebhayoloji saseMcGill uBryan G. Hughes kunye no-Siegfried Hekimi bazame ukuphendula lo mbuzo ngokuhlalutya imizila yemfuza kunye neendlela zokuphila zabantu abaphila ixesha elide ukusuka e-US, e-UK, eFrance naseJapan.

Iziphumo zabo, ezipapashwe kwijenali yeNdalo, batyhila inkolelo eqhelekileyo yokubanjwa yokuba umda ophezulu wobomi bomntu ujikeleze iminyaka ye-115.

“Asazi ukuba ingakanani na iminyaka yobudala. Ngapha koko, ngokwandisa imigca yeendlela, sinokubonisa ukuba ubude beendlela nobomi obuphezulu, bangaqhubeka ukwanda kude kuye kwikamva elinokubonwa kwangaphambili, utshilo uHekimi.

Akwenzeki ukuba uqikelele ukuba ixesha lokuphila kwexesha elizayo ebantwini linokujongeka njani, utshilo uHekimi. Abanye oososayensi bathi iteknoloji, ungenelelo kwezonyango, kunye nokuphuculwa kweemeko zokuphila zinokunyanzela phezulu.