Reaching 100 years still seems unreal for some while in France, Over 40,000 people already blow their centenary candles in 2025. And this figure
should triple by 2050. But behind this record longevity hides a more nuanced reality that questions scientific research and our way of age.
As reported Futura-Sciences, A Swedish study has just shown that centenarians are not only lucky or better lotis genetically. Their longevity seems mainly linked to a marked difference in disease development over the years. And this detail changes everything in understanding aging.
Longevity and aging rhythm, a decisive advantage
Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm followed
more than 270,000 people born in the early 1920s. Analysis revealed that those who were going to exceed the symbolic course of 100 years presented on average
twice less of diseases at 85 years old that those which did not exceed 90 years. In other words, it is not only the lifespan that counts, but the speed at which
The body is damaged.
The figures show a striking difference on Cardiovascular and brain diseases which remain the first causes of mortality after 70 years. At 85, future centenarians had accumulated far fewer heart problems than their contemporaries. And even beyond 90 years, when most organizations decline, their health
seemed to stabilize a few years before their death, as if their bodies found A form of balance.
Organic resilience, a secret that starts early
Which also emerges from the study, published in
eClinicalMedicineis that this resistance is not triggered at the last minute. The first signs are spotted from 70 years oldage from which centenarians follow a slower aging curve. Even cancers, which remain frequent, seem to evolve less aggressively. It is as if the organization had more time to adapt and contain threats.
Researchers recall that this phenomenon does not depend only genes. Of course, the family inheritance counts but it is added to environmental factors and at Life habits. Food, physical activity, sleep and the way stress is managed probably play a role in this softer trajectory. We find here common points with what the fashion for well-being and beauty already advocates to slow down skin aging and keep energy.
Longevity and health, another look at the great age
The idea that the longer we live in the more disease we accumulate may not be that right. As Karin Modig points out, one of the researchers involved, the centenarians seem to follow
A well -apart curve. Their aging is distinguished by a slower progression Pathologies, which completely changes the perception of longevity. It is therefore not necessarily a destiny of fragility, but sometimes An ability to remain independent.
These results open a track of hope For future generations. If we understand better why some people age better than others, we can imagine Prevention strategies which prolong not only the lifespan but also the years lived in good health. And in a society where the quest for vitality often joins concerns related to the beauty of the skin, the physical form or even to mental well-being, this type of research nourishes
A more optimistic vision aging.
