The point my doctor was trying to make is that we have found ways to live longer but in the wilds we didn't ever live that long without better diets, growing methods, distribution methods, better governments, armies, police forces, and better medical establishments within governments to help eliminate things like Polio and Tetanus and all the other things people died early from.
So, because of this saying, "No one is natural if they live longer than 30" makes a lot of sense. Anyone older than 30 has had multiple benefits of modern day society, from better governments, better educations, better medical care, better diets, better self awareness etc.
I think he wanted me to see it this way because he knew how difficult it was for me to be on 4 medications at once, not the least of which is it affects my inner ear and my first 5 days I chose not to even drive a car while taking these medications while I was adapting to all the effects of them(side effects included).
But, the news was good. The medicines were working and my heart appears to be rebuilding itself and my right foot doesn't get red or purple anymore (which is something it periodically did for about 10 years especially at night while I slept). So, during the day I usually tried to wear Crocs so they would massage the blood through my feet as I walked. This has allowed me to walk up to 6 miles a day (for the last 10 years or more) which allows me to be much stronger than I would have otherwise
Here is some stuff from Google and Wikipedia:
Life expectancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancyLife expectancy is the expected (in the statistical sense) number of years of life remaining at a given age. It is denoted by ex, which means the average number ...
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begin quote from Wikipedia:
Human life expectancy patterns
Humans live on average 31.88 years in Swaziland and 82.6 years in Japan, although Japan's recorded life expectancy may have been very slightly increased by counting many infant deaths as stillborn.[5] An analysis published in 2011 in The Lancet attributes Japanese life expectancy to equal opportunities and public health as well as diet.[6][7]
The oldest confirmed recorded age for any human is 122 years (see Jeanne Calment). This is referred to as the "maximum life span", which is the upper boundary of life, the maximum number of years any human is known to have lived.[8]
Life expectancy variation over time
The following information is derived from Encyclopædia Britannica, 1961. and other sources, and unless otherwise stated represents estimates of the life expectancies of the population as a whole. In many instances life expectancy varied considerably according to class and gender.
Life expectancy at birth takes account of infant mortality but not pre-natal mortality.
In some cases life expectancy may increase with age as the individual survives the higher mortality rates associated with childhood. For instance, the table above listed life expectancy at birth in Medieval Britain at 30. A male member of the English aristocracy at the same period could expect to live, having survived until the age of 21[18]:Era Life Expectancy at Birth
(years)Life Expectancy at Older Age Upper Paleolithic 33 At age 15, life expectancy an additional 39 years (total age 54).[9][10] Neolithic[11] 20 Bronze Age and Iron Age[12] 26 Classical Greece[13] 28 Classical Rome[13] 28 At age 15, life expectancy an additional 37 years (total age 52). Pre-Columbian North America[14] 25-30 Medieval Islamic Caliphate[15] 35+ Medieval Britain[16][17] 30 At age 21, life expectancy an additional 43 years (total age 64).[18] Early Modern Britain[12][19] 25-40 Early 20th Century[20][21] 31 2010 world average[22] 67.2
- 1200-1300 C.E.: 43 years (to age 64)
- 1300-1400 C.E.: 34 years (to age 55) (due to the impact of the Black Death)
- 1400-1500 C.E.: 48 years (to age 69)
- 1500-1550 C.E.: 50 years (to age 71).
So, the culture you are raised in along with the civilizations you are living with and in on earth partly determine your longevity. So, if you want a long life for yourselves and your children and friends and relatives there are things we all can do to help make that happen. We just need to spend time thinking about this in order to create better and better solutions.
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