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7. Are You Longevity-Ready?

If you are a woman in your 40s, in excellent health and not smoking, you have a more than 50 percent chance of living to age 90 and a 20 percent chance of living to age 100. Men who match the above description have a 45 percent chance of living to age 90 and an 11 percent chance of living to age 100. Given the rapid advance of anti-aging research, these percentages could be much higher in ten years. Have you taken actions to ensure that you spend the extra 20-30 years healthily and happily? Are you longevity-ready?

Lifespan for 45-year-old man and woman

Supertrends longevity-ready action list

A healthy lifestyle that can help you to live healthily to the average life expectancy

  • Not smoking
  • Balanced diet with reduced red meat and more vegetables and fruits.
  • Active lifestyle with regular exercise
  • Enough sleep (7-9 hours)
  • Manage stress

Lifestyle measures to add an extra 5-10 years to your lifespan and healthspan

  • Intermittent fasting
  • High-intensity interval training
  • Stay positive and conscientious, be socially connected

Other measures to help you reach age 100

  • Supplements with anti-aging effects (such as NMN and resveratrol)
  • Drugs that will be approved for aging treatment in the next decade
  • More advanced treatment that may delay aging more drastically or even reverse aging (such as cell-reprograming and gene therapy)
How to stay healthy to age 100

Sources

  • Vernon S., 2017. Life planning in the age of longevity. Stanford Center on Longevity. https://longevity.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Life-Planning-Boomers.pdf