What is a "life calculator"? Pray for the great gods.

How long can I live? This is a problem that everyone cares about. Recently, CNN, Time magazine and other major media in the United States reported a program called "Life Calculator". Can life really be calculated? Dr Thomas Perls, the inventor of Life Calculator, is a doctor and researcher engaged in gerontology research at Boston University School of Medicine. Recently, he was interviewed by a reporter from Health Times, telling everyone how to calculate his life. Millions of people online "fortune telling" and "life calculator" first appeared in 1999. At that time, there were only 23 questions, but with the deepening of research, it has now increased to 40 questions. Dennis lee's life expectancy is only 65 years, but in contrast, Kate Redford, who also has a high degree of education and a good family environment, has a life expectancy as high as 105 years. The reason is that Li smoked marijuana and was recently diagnosed with diabetes. Leech, a teetotaler, got the amazing age of 107, because her current living habits are conducive to longevity: hiking, balanced diet and being good at coping with various pressures. "The ultimate goal of my life calculation program is to remind you of good living habits." Pailes said. Perls warned that the life calculation program is not a perfect tool, but it provides a blueprint. Whether your score is 60 or 106, "if you change one of the options from now on, you can improve your score." After completing the test, you need to do three things: First, you'd better see a doctor first, said Pingping Zhang, a nutrition and food safety expert at the WHO China Representative Office. Under the guidance of doctors, this very personalized life assessment can bring you personalized improvement plans. Second, make a health plan and stick to it. Third, start small. After the exam, you don't want to completely change your original habits at once, but start small. For example, obese people don't have to switch to tofu every day, but they can make reasonable and moderate adjustments. Don't laugh at fortune-telling programs. Faced with such a fortune-telling program, many people may think that it is just something created by some "fortune tellers" who can surf the Internet, and laugh it off without taking it seriously. Actually, it's not. As the inventor Perls said, this test is to tell you to change yourself from now on. As we all know, "lifestyle disease" is terrible because it has been integrated into all aspects of modern life. Driving a private car to work, sitting in front of the computer to end the day's work, pushing a cup at the dinner table for a change, and spending the night time in a colorful nightlife ... This used to be a happy life pursued by many people, and now we enjoy it, but "lifestyle disease" has begun to bother us. We have always stressed the need for a healthy lifestyle. What is a healthy lifestyle is actually very simple, that is, starting from daily life, starting from changing bad living habits such as smoking and drinking, and starting from reasonable arrangement of diet structure. Remember, take a small step forward every day and your health will take a big step forward. Perls, a life-expectancy calculator, sets the life expectancy for men at 86 years and for women at 89 years. As each question is answered, the number will increase and decrease accordingly, and finally the answer will be obtained. If you live a long life, congratulations and prove that you have healthy living habits, otherwise, quit smoking and drinking and go out for exercise! 1. You are married. (+3 years old) Comments: Marriage prolongs the life expectancy of men by 3 years, but has no effect on women. You have a close relationship with your family and often get together with friends. (+0.25 years old) Comments: Harmonious relationship between relatives and friends can make you live a long and healthy life. 3. How to evaluate your current stress level: low (+0.75 years old); Senior 3 (-3 years old) Comments: Too much stress will lead to short life span, and being good at dealing with stress can increase life span. 4. You are good at decompression (+1 year); Not good at (-2 years old) Comments: There are many ways to relieve stress. Women can nag and men can cry. 5. Sleep for 3 to 5 hours every night (-1 year); More than 6 hours (+1 year) Comments: Take a nap in the taxi, take a nap at work and take a nap during lunch break, so that your total sleep time can reach 6 to 8 hours every day. 6. Have you received too much formal education for teenagers? /kloc-more than 0/6 years (+0.5 years) and less than 8 years (-0.5 years) Comments: Good education can help you gain more health knowledge. 7. How many hours do you work a week? Within 40 hours (+2 years old); 40 to 60 hours (+1 year) Comments: Long working hours mean increased stress and fatigue. Improving work efficiency can shorten working hours. 8. You are optimistic (+2 years old) and pessimistic (-1 year old) about the gradual aging of life. Comments: Optimism and longevity always go hand in hand. 9. The air quality where you live is very good (+0.5 years old) Comments: It is difficult for urban people to choose the environment, but they can adjust their living environment, such as opening more windows for ventilation at home and adjusting the indoor air with green plants. 10. Always fasten your seat belt when riding in a private car (+0.75 years old) 1 1. How many cups of caffeinated coffee do you drink every day Less than 2 cups (+0.5 years old) and more than 3 cups (-0.5 years old) Comments: Coffee can refresh you, but it will increase calcium excretion. If you don't pay attention to calcium supplementation, it will easily lead to osteoporosis. 12. You drink 2~3 cups of green tea every day (+0.5 years old) Comments: You should not drink too much tea, nor too strong. Don't drink tea half an hour before meals. Pregnant and lactating women, growing children and patients with iron deficiency anemia should not drink tea. 13. You smoke or are exposed to second-hand smoke (-4 years old). Comments: Cigarettes harm others and harm yourself, and everyone shouts. Passive smokers are often six times more likely to develop lung cancer than normal people. 14. You smoke every day (-0.5 years old) Comments: If smokers want to live longer, the first thing to do is to quit smoking. No excuses. 15. How many cigarettes do you smoke every day? 10 (-5 years old); 20 (- 10 years old); More than 40 branches (-15) 16. You drink more than three glasses of beer, or more than three alcoholic drinks, or four glasses of white wine every day. (-7 years old) Comments: It varies from person to person and from quantity to quantity. 17. You take an aspirin every day (+2 years old) Comments: If you can take 8 1mg aspirin every day at the doctor's suggestion, it can improve your hearing and brain health and help to delay or avoid the occurrence of heart disease or stroke. 18. Do you wear sunscreen to protect your skin in the sun? Few people (-1 year old) will take good care of themselves (+0.5 years old). Comments: Appropriate ultraviolet rays can promote the absorption of calcium and prevent osteoporosis and rickets, but excessive ultraviolet rays will greatly increase the risk of skin cancer and increase wrinkles. 19. You didn't engage in dangerous behavior or inject illegal drugs. (+10 years old) 20. Do you floss every day? Yes (+1 year); No (-1 year) Comments: If you can floss regularly, you can reduce the occurrence of periodontitis, and you will lose one year if you don't brush your teeth. 2 1. How many times a week do you eat fast food and cooked food? Never eat (+4 years old); More than 5 comments (-2 years old): In the eyes of nutritionists, fast food is "junk food", with high fever, high fat and high protein, which will lead to obesity, diabetes, cancer and other chronic diseases. 22. You seldom eat grilled fish, poultry or meat (+1 year) 23. You supplement calcium every day (+0.5 years old) Comments: Adding more calcium every day or taking 1500mg calcium tablets every day can increase your life span. 24. If you eat snacks between meals, you will generally choose dried fruits (+0.5 years old). Comments: Dried fruits can beautify, strengthen the brain, protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health and resist aging. 25. You often eat a lot of sweets, such as ice cream, cakes, sweets and so on. (-1 year-old) Comments: Eating too much sweets will cause diseases such as hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, obesity, hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, etc. It will also promote breast cancer, accelerate cell aging, and make the human body's environmental adaptability worse. 26. Eat a lot every day, obese (-5 years old) 27. You don't supplement iron as a part of nutrients (+2 years old) Comments: Reducing iron in the body is likely to slow down the aging process, and people can avoid diseases related to aging and increase their life span. 28. How many days a week can I exercise for at least 30 minutes? 7 days a week (+5 years old); Three days a week (+3 years old); I seldom exercise (-1 year). Comments: It is very important to develop exercise habits. It's really less than 30 minutes, so it will be effective to exercise for 3 minutes every day. You can do abdominal breathing, turn your neck and twist your waist. 29. You have irregular bowel movements (-0.5 years) Comments: A cup of cold boiled water every morning can solve this problem. 30. Your total cholesterol level is higher than 180mg/dl(5mmol/L)(-2 years) 3 1. What is the systolic pressure of your heart? /kloc-under 0/20 (+2 years old); More than 230 years (-5 years to 15 years) 32. Your heart diastolic pressure is below 80 (+7 years old) 33. You have to test your blood sugar every year (+0.5 years old) Comments:/kloc-Blood pressure is measured regularly over 0/8 years old, blood lipid is measured regularly over 30 years old, and blood sugar is measured every year for men over 40 years old. You had a heart attack two years ago, but you didn't take any measures to prevent it from happening again (-2 years old). 35. Your immediate family members (+2 years old) have never suffered from diabetes or heart disease. 36. Three or more members of your immediate family have cancer. (-1 year) 37. Your mother lived to be over 90 (+2 years old) 38. Your father lived to be over 90 years old (+2 years old). Do any of your grandparents reach or exceed the age of 98 (+2) 40? How old were you when you gave birth to your last child without any artificial means? 35~43 years old (+2 years old) Comments: Women who are pregnant at or after 40 years old live longer than those who are pregnant when they are young, because late childbirth may mean delaying menopause and have a positive effect on the production of female hormones.