My life expectancy

[shinuhana]

I heard on NPR health and science that one researcher has discovered that just about all mammals follow the rule that average life expectancy is 1.5 billion heart beats, from mice to elephants, and everything in between. Humans are the exception because of all of our medical advancements, clean environment, etc. But I wanted to explore the idea a

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[originalkitsune]

Hmm... I've personally felt that people begin to start showing the first signs of falling apart by age 25. I noticed it was difficult to lose weight at that age when previously all i had to to was exercise a little more. i noticed increased muscular atrophy when not doing exercise for more than 3 consecutive days.

There's nothing wrong with taking care of yourself. The sooner the better if you ask me. I do believe people can make strides. I had a fast heartbeat when i was younger due to being sedentary and asthma and meds, but managed to reverse it. My heartbeart doing normal activities (not running around but not sedentary) is around 63 bpm when it used to be in the high 80s just resting.