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Also these 100+ year old people hit multiple genetic jackpots, avoiding diseases of suboptimal metabolism and cellular senescence as well. There are many other
by medymed 5y ago
Also these 100+ year old people hit multiple genetic jackpots, avoiding diseases of suboptimal metabolism and cellular senescence as well. There are many other populations that could be analyzed: the 70+ year old relentless sunbathers with leathery skin but no skin cancers, the 90 year olds smoking 2 packs a day for 60 years with pristine lungs. Because these people don’t end up in clinics there is not necessarily as much known about their innate resilience to carcinogens or other malign influences.
- londons_explore 5y agoEven 100+ year old people tend to end up in healthcare settings for a short while before they die.
- cutemonster 5y agoCould it be that they then don't get as thoroughly investigated, as someone else who is, say, 50 or 75 and also ends up in the hospital? The 100+ won't live that much longer anyway
- bobmaxup 5y agoAre there really people who have smoked two packs a day for 60 years with pristine lungs?
- netizen-936824 5y agoI think the poster may have meant cancer free. I don't think its probable that a smoker wouldn't have some sort of buildup or other impairment
- deepspace 5y agoNo. Emphysema is pretty much a given for lifelong smokers who continue smoking past their 45th birthday.
- imposter 5y agoYou should have met my granda who in India smoked more than a pack a day all his life and died in his 80s while he did more manual labour each day on his farms everyday than I workout in my 20s.
- imperialdrive 5y agoSimilar story here. It's understandable that someone may be skeptic, but it still needs to be shared.
- albrewer 5y agoMy great-grandfather smoked every day, starting at age 9. He died of heart failure at 96.