But from a scientific point of view, is this statement correct? Does the standard of longevity really depend on alcohol and tobacco?
Can you live a long life without smoking or drinking all your life?
Before answering this question, we might as well look at the standard definition of longevity in modern medicine.
Modern medicine believes that there are two main factors that affect a person's longevity.
On the one hand, it is congenital factors. A large part of people who live a long life are determined at birth. Your genes, your constitution, any family history. Will be a risk assessment of your future illness. Low risk of illness, high physical fitness and natural longevity. On the contrary, it is not necessarily short-lived, but the probability of longevity is certainly not as high as the former.
On the other hand, it is the acquired factor. A series of human behaviors in the day after tomorrow will have an impact on our bodies.
For example, regular exercise, improve immunity, low cancer risk, not easy to get sick, so longevity.
However, regular drinking and smoking will damage the lungs and liver, and the risk of cancer is high, and it is easy to get sick and may be short-lived.
Note that I use "maybe" here.
In the final analysis, longevity itself is a probabilistic event. Life is alive, who can say who will live longer? Therefore, we can only use probability to define "longevity" at most. The biggest factor affecting this probability is "disease".
To sum up, do not smoke, do not drink, and exclude all other health factors. The probability of illness is low. The risk of longevity is affected and the "possibility" of natural longevity is high.
Smoking and drinking every day for a lifetime, the probability of getting sick, the risk of various liver and lung cancers is high, and the "possibility" of longevity is low. It seems simple, but from the back, it also makes sense from a medical point of view.
There may still be some friends who like drinking and smoking and will be unhappy. They think I still have some guesses and speculations when I say this. Here is a set of data for everyone, which may be confirmed.
Smoking and drinking vs not smoking and drinking, longevity, data speak.
According to the data collected from the survey of 255 elderly people in Zhejiang Province by Zhejiang Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a survey on longevity factors of centenarians in Zhejiang Province was published.
The results show that among centenarians who live a long life, the proportion of non-smoking is 83%, and the proportion of non-smoking and non-drinking is over 70%.
According to the report of Jiangsu Provincial Bureau of Statistics, the average life expectancy of the elderly in Nantong is the highest in the province, and it is a well-deserved "hometown of longevity".
Therefore, in an interview with 77 centenarians in Nantong1/kloc-0, it was found that 877 people never smoked or drank, including 1 15 men and 762 women. It is enough to see the compression effect of not smoking or drinking on the risk of illness and the positive tendency to live longer.
Some friends may argue that many people who smoke and drink in history can still live to a very high age and are in good health, such as Chairman Mao, Chairman Deng Xiaoping, Qin Hanzhang, a leading figure in tobacco industry, Zhang Tianfu, a leading figure in tea industry, and so on. Why they can live beyond the "probability" of longevity.
Why do some people live longer even if they smoke and drink? Tell you the truth
This may make you angry. These people drink and smoke, but they still live a long life, and most of them are born.
In other words, a series of factors such as their genes and physique naturally determine their higher ability to resist alcohol and tobacco abuse.
Researchers at the University of California also published similar views and experimental conclusions in the journal of gerontology.
Studies have found that smokers and drinkers who live longer have faster cell division and renewal and stronger self-repair ability. Most of the superpowers of these cells also come from the genetic characteristics of the experimenters. It is precisely because of such a powerful gene that alcohol and tobacco damage their health, reduce their risk of illness, and naturally affect their life span.
However, the researchers added that not every family can inherit high-quality genes. For most people, genes are not as powerful as they think. Since you are not a person with a small probability, you should naturally follow the health concept of Big Stream. Smoking, drinking and other bad habits, it is best to quit as much as possible.
In short, I shared a new concept that "longevity" is a dynamic "probability". Our innate genes, physique and acquired behavior may all have an impact on it, and bad habits such as smoking and drinking, as proved by the above data, will indeed "reduce" the probability of longevity. As far as most people are concerned, we don't have strong bodies, excellent genes and innate longevity. Naturally, we need to make up for it. Giving up smoking and drinking, choosing active behaviors such as exercise and health preservation will increase our chances of longevity, and longevity will naturally come.