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The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, looked at Swedish and Japanese men – two countries with the longest life expectancy today. It concluded that their counterparts in 1800 would have had lifespans that were closer to those of the earliest hunter-gatherer humans than they would to adult men in both countries today.
This is a very interesting thread. I will be 31 in a few months so I'm not too far from this target age of theirs. I don't think it's too far fetched to assume that 70 could be the equivalent of 30 in the near future; scientists have been able to rapidly slow down or even reverse the aging process biologically in the laboratory (stem cell research is likely to help here as well) and I wouldn't be surprised if some of my parents generation might be the first to literally experience their 20s and 30s again! Granted, even if you took someone who is chronologically and biologically 80 years old and reversed them to being biologically 20 again, they're still mentally 80 years old. I doubt that can be changed and I don't think this hypothetical 80 year old would really want that! It may not be science fiction in the future to be honest.
Botox, liposuction, tummy tucks and plastic surgery as well as a good personal cosmetician can make anyone look 1/2 their age.
But let's see that 72 year old perform like they did at 30 and you'll have a different story.
I just got back from helping a 72+ year old friend (she's actually 80) who fell halfway down her back stairs. I had to call for help, couldn't really attend to her. I'm sure she is not feeling like the new 30.
Just saw a photo of Jane Fonda...She's 72....Photo looks great...However, I want to see what she looks like when she wakes up in the morning as she is stumbling to the turlet...errr...on second thought...I DON'T.
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Yes, I love when they put a pic of Fonda alongside claims like this! She did look good at the Oscars, but let's face it, she's had every part of her body done (although she denies it). That face is not a natural 72.
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