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    People who look young for their age 'live longer'


    BBC: People blessed with youthful faces are more likely to live to a ripe old age than those who look more than their years, work shows.
    Danish scientists say appearance alone can predict survival, after they studied 387 pairs of twins.
    The researchers asked nurses, trainee teachers and peers to guess the age of the twins from mug shots.
    Those rated younger-looking tended to outlive their older-looking sibling, the British Medical Journal reports.

    Survival advantage

    The researchers also found a plausible biological explanation for their results.
    Key pieces of DNA called telomeres, which indicate the ability of cells to replicate, are also linked to how young a person looks.

    Perceived age, which is widely used by clinicians as a general indication of a patient's health, is a robust biomarker of ageing that predicts survival among those aged over 70

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    A telomere of shorter length is thought to signify faster ageing and has been linked with a number of diseases.
    In the study, the people who looked younger had longer telomeres.
    All of the twins were in their 70s, 80s or 90s when they were photographed.
    Over a seven-year follow-up the researchers, led by Professor Kaare Christensen of the University of Southern Denmark, found that the bigger the difference in perceived age within a pair, the more likely it was that the older-looking twin died first.
    The age, sex and professional background of the assessors made no difference to any of the results.

    It's probably a combination of genes plus environment over a lifetime that are important

    UK expert Professor Tim Spector

    Professor Christensen said it might be that people who have had a tougher life are more likely to die early - and their life is reflected in their face.
    The researchers told the BMJ: "Perceived age, which is widely used by clinicians as a general indication of a patient's health, is a robust biomarker of ageing that predicts survival among those aged over 70."
    Professor Tim Spector, a UK expert who has been doing his own twin research, said: "We are also finding this in our study.
    "It's probably a combination of genes plus environment over a lifetime that are important."
    He said the findings also show that people are good at assessing how well someone is and that doctors should eyeball their patients.
    "If a patient looks older than their years then perhaps they should be more concerned," he said.


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    I think I look a couple of years younger than I am, and I have no problem with that. I think it's mainly because I take care of my body and I've never smoked. Also because I don't attempt to dress 'old'.

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    Yeah, I do.. and sometimes 15 yrs mentally for my family..

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    Good to know People usually deduct an average of 5, to even 10, years of my actual age, when guessing, and relatives from my father's side have lived to over 100 years old

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    I'm 28 now and I'm told that I look like I'm still in high school. My grandmother just died at 93, so maybe that means that there's hope for me!

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    Then I am gonna live forever

    I am still asked for ids when buying cigarettes or beer in pubs, with beard I look my age, no beard I look younger than my 18 years old brother :/

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    I'm gonna die young or on middle age..When I was 15 I could pass as 21 (great for clubs) and nowadays I can pass for well over 30. I guess its the price one pays when smoking and also working outside during summer and winter (tawny worn face).

    Ah well, one of these days there will be a research when they conclude that people who work outside in the fresh air and live rural live longer as those confined to working at offices/factories and are living in an urban environment.

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    yohoooo!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alana View Post
    yohoooo!
    You are immortal then

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    Health is beauty.
    Intelligent people make better decisions than morons and as a result they tend to be in better heath and -> more beautiful. If your spouse also is intelligent he/she will also make clever decisions for you and your children and around the house. Decisions like what to eat, body and mind stimuli/exercise, have a healthy indoor environment etc.
    Virgins, smokers, drugs users, people who don't exercise will easily look 10 years older than their healthy neighbors.
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