So people who exercise, eat healthy and never touch drugs or excess of any kind and do all they can to stay fit only to die so soon into their lives?
But then you have people who drink, smoke and do drugs in massive amounts for ages but they last for a long time all things considered and sometimes way older then other average people
This isn’t the case for all of them but it happens enough to be noticed
So how and why does this happen?
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Imagine a Hunger Games style lottery, where everyone you know has to put their name into the drawing. Each passing year, you have to put your name in at least one additional time, with additional entries required for each unhealthy habit.
Some people are going to have so many entries that it’s much more likely their name will be drawn, while some people are going to have the bare minimum. It still won’t guarantee that a given person’s name is drawn, even if they have hundreds of entries.
Healthy habits can extend your lifespan somewhat and unhealthy ones can shorten it, but the ultimate determinants are going to be luck and genetics. You can only manipulate the odds to a degree.
The biggest benefit, in my opinion, is not necessarily the ability to prolong your life but to ensure that you have the best quality of life as you age.
Some people are on a slow, steady decline that takes years, so by the end of their lifespan, their quality of life has been poor for quite a while. People who are fit and healthy tend to have a shorter, sharper decline right before they die, so they maintain a good quality of life for much longer before they pass.
Obviously there are health issues and chronic pain or injuries that can prevent you from being active and degrade your quality of life through no fault of your own, but all things being equal, healthy choices are likely to make the time you’re here much better, until a brief bad stretch at the end.
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