Doctor Alena Potasheva: periodic malnutrition can increase life expectancy.
Doctor Potasheva reported that malnutrition can unexpectedly contribute to a more significant life expectancy. The specialist noted that researchers who studied this phenomenon have repeatedly been convinced of this by the examples of people who lived, worked and fought during the Great Patriotic War. Despite the hardships and deprivations that befell them, the frequent lack of food or hunger, many veterans (as it turned out later) became long-lived. Also, an unusual phenomenon of longevity was observed among those who survived their stay in concentration camps.
“It turned out that malnutrition prolongs life, although it seems that it should shorten life. But it shortens life if there is no food for a long time, constantly. And if it is periodic malnutrition or a reduction in the diet, some irregular nutrition, then it lengthens life,” Potasheva noted in a commentary to the radio station “Moscow Speaks.”
The doctor added that life years can be extended not only through periodic malnutrition, but also through constant physical activity. The doctor emphasized that most centenarians maintain their physical activity until their last days: they do not so much play sports as they move a lot in general – they walk, do everyday household chores, and willingly work on the land (on the plot, in the garden). Potasheva stated that it is especially important to exercise the muscles of the body after 40 years – this slows down the process of loss of muscle mass associated with aging.
The MedikForum.ru portal previously wrote about what routine habits effectively contribute to prolonging life.
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