Dr. Alex George cried fear out loud when he said, “It’s scary how fast function and capacity are declining.”
Dr Alex George has opened up about his thoughts on getting older in a heartfelt social media post. The 34-year-old doctor, who shot to fame on Love Island, admitted he’s somewhat ‘afraid of ageing’ and has been thinking about it a lot over the past year.
“At the end of my life, I want the decline to be as short as possible,” he told his 2.1 million followers on Instagram this week. “Or in other words I want my health-span to be long and then to die quickly.
I appreciate how strange it may seem, but I don’t want to go through a slow, gradual decline that will prevent my frailty and preventable illness from living fully. Dr. Alex acknowledged that life can be unpredictable and that many things are “out of our hands,” but he also believes that everyone can make small choices to prolong their lives.
In light of this, he’s started making changes in his own life to help enhance his longevity and prevent future health problems. Dr Alex continued: “I have been thinking about ageing a lot over the last year, I think it’s a common experience for many people entering their 30s.
“It’s frightening to the life out of me (couldn’t help it)”: the notion of declining function and capacity for life. I’m not advocating that we shouldn’t embrace age as a component of the human experience because it is inevitable and can be beautiful in every way. But why, then, can we not live as healthily as possible?
Crucially, Dr. Alex emphasized that he is more interested in living the “equal number of years” in a healthy and active way rather than “exciting an excessive increase” in his life. He continued, “I have started making changes to my life over the past year in an effort to increase my longevity.”
“I’m still learning and adding things, as well as removing things.” I’m kind of funny that I started running marathons in my 30s and taking vitamins because I’ve really grown to be so aware of this. I’d like to share what I’m doing as well as the science and justification for these practices if it interests you.
Dr Alex’s thoughts come amidst a wealth of emerging research on ‘biohacking’ and lifestyle practices that have the potential to bolster long-term health. While there’s certainly no guaranteed or foolproof method to living longer, scientists often assert that exercise, a nutritious diet, enough sleep and even socialisation may help.
Dr Gareth Nye, a Biomedical Science lecturer at the University of Salford, previously told the Mirror: “In essence, a long life is down to luck, but you can improve your luck. Genetics seems to play a role and influences between 20-30% of your total lifespan through a range of factors, like disease risk, hormone balance and cell replacement rates.
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However, it is believed that about 40% of life expectancy is passed down through generations, making you more likely to live longer than your parents and grandparents did.
Regarding his own content, Dr. Alex also stated on Instagram that “I will be clear where the evidence is less conclusive and let you know things the scientific community thinks are absurd (there is a lot of nonsense out there”).
In the end, I believe my content should reflect my current interests. And my new interest is to increase my health as much as possible while also having a “b***** good time” (what’s the point otherwise).
Source: Mirror
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