Health span versus Lifespan
In a previous Post I discussed whether Women’s Health is a treatable disease; since this Post I have had a break and taken part in an ocean cruise across the Pacific, from Miami Florida to Sydney Australia. In that time, I have done some more reading and pondering on the whole concept of ageing and health span. The cruise lasted 2 months and gave me some time to experiment on myself as well, more on this in a future Post.
Health span is a great concept, where we are focussing on keeping healthy and active right up to the time we pass away, whereas, Lifespan is basically how long you live irrespective of how healthy you are and your quality of life. My interest has been stirred by books on this area by Tony Robbins (Life Force) and David Sinclair (Lifespan); so, my thanks and credit to both of these authors.
As previously indicated, the effects of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) are mimicked by anti–ageing supplements, such as NMN. Which in hindsight is logical and encouraging in that exercise leads to better health, and the NMN supplement can enhance the effect in the right dosage, even in the absence of HIIT.
Both of the books cited give good examples and case studies and are essential reading if you plan on looking further into this area.
An additional high on the cruise was a visit to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) where in the 60’s the compound Rapamycin was discovered and initially used to prevent organ rejection in heart transplant surgery, but has since been identified as an anti-ageing treatment.
The key point to take away is that there is an enormous amount of research taking place on Health span / anti-ageing which will have a huge impact on human fertility and well-being in general; outside of the books I have cited I have not found such information accessible to the general reader.
The intention of this Post has been to be informative and not prescriptive, so always seek professional advice before contemplating any treatments.
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