住在鳳凰城的朱莉·吉布森·克拉克每年衰老0.665歲。因此,盡管這位單親媽媽已經(jīng)55歲,但能更準(zhǔn)確決定健康壽命和生命長(zhǎng)度的“生理”年齡比實(shí)際要低。“生理”年齡測(cè)試結(jié)果是根據(jù)她最新的表觀遺傳學(xué)DNA測(cè)試,主要評(píng)估生活方式對(duì)基因的影響。
在“追求長(zhǎng)生”的熱潮中,克拉克的成績(jī)可謂十分出色,未來(lái)十年這項(xiàng)260億美元的業(yè)務(wù)預(yù)計(jì)可以翻一番。在名為“重返青春奧運(yùn)會(huì)”(Rejuvenation Olympics)的全球網(wǎng)絡(luò)長(zhǎng)壽競(jìng)賽中,克拉克排名第二,該競(jìng)賽計(jì)算4000名參賽者六個(gè)月平均衰老速度并進(jìn)行排名。她的排名高于排名第六的布萊恩·約翰遜和排名第19的彼得·迪亞曼迪斯。約翰遜相當(dāng)富有,是科技公司創(chuàng)始人,每年為逆轉(zhuǎn)衰老花200萬(wàn)美元;迪亞曼迪斯的風(fēng)投基金已經(jīng)投入5億美元推動(dòng)技術(shù)進(jìn)步,根據(jù)他的網(wǎng)站介紹,多項(xiàng)技術(shù)都針對(duì)健康衰老和延長(zhǎng)壽命。
科技行業(yè)百萬(wàn)富翁能采取極端抗衰老方案,比如去看每小時(shí)收費(fèi)1000美元的抗衰老醫(yī)生,比起來(lái)克拉克的方法其實(shí)有些簡(jiǎn)單。畢竟她年收入不到六位數(shù),不可能耗盡積蓄追求長(zhǎng)生,還需要錢維持晚年生活。她每月花27美元買健身房會(huì)員,每月79美元訂購(gòu)NOVOS公司的保健品,她參加了該公司的試驗(yàn)也跟該公司合作,將結(jié)果提交給長(zhǎng)壽排行榜。
“到最后,公交車上的車輪都會(huì)脫落,但我想,我的車輪不會(huì)掉那么快,”之前克拉克曾告訴《財(cái)富》雜志?!八晕視?huì)盡可能保養(yǎng)好自己?!?/p>
她的日常怎么過?事實(shí)證明,你也能做到?!斑@些事就像刷牙一樣簡(jiǎn)單,”克拉克說。
富含蔬菜的飲食
一般來(lái)說每天克拉克吃大約16盎司的蔬菜,工作日吃胡蘿卜、蘿卜和辣椒,其中大部分做成沙拉和湯。她吃各種各樣的全營(yíng)養(yǎng)食物,如多種蔬菜,所以腸道健康,進(jìn)而增強(qiáng)免疫系統(tǒng)維持身體健康。
克拉克還限制食物中精制糖和谷物的量,糖和谷物所含營(yíng)養(yǎng)物質(zhì)比復(fù)合碳水化合物要少。
力量和有氧運(yùn)動(dòng)
克拉克每周去健身房做有氧運(yùn)動(dòng)和力量訓(xùn)練:兩天負(fù)重訓(xùn)練上半身,兩天負(fù)重訓(xùn)練下半身,一天針對(duì)腹部力量訓(xùn)練。每周她還做四次有氧運(yùn)動(dòng),每次約20到30分鐘。
周末克拉克會(huì)徒步、劃皮劃艇、玩匹克球或長(zhǎng)距離散步。
隨著年齡增長(zhǎng),每周堅(jiān)持力量訓(xùn)練有助于防止肌肉因衰老流失。找到喜歡的運(yùn)動(dòng)更容易堅(jiān)持。
蒸桑拿、洗冷水浴
每周克拉克至少蒸三次桑拿,20分鐘后再洗冷水澡。
長(zhǎng)壽專家堅(jiān)稱,冷熱浴可給身體施加壓力。正如之前長(zhǎng)壽專家馬克·海曼告訴《財(cái)富》雜志的那樣,“如果壓力殺不死你,就會(huì)讓你更強(qiáng)壯?!?/p>
他說,類似桑拿的熱浸泡有利于長(zhǎng)壽?!白詈竽茉黾訜嵝菘说鞍?,清除受損的蛋白質(zhì)增強(qiáng)免疫系統(tǒng),提升心血管健康。”海曼說。
冷水淋浴跟冷水池浴類似,作用不止提高靈敏程度。冷水能釋放腎上腺素并保持身體彈性——這一生物過程被稱為刺激效應(yīng),能減少炎癥。
堅(jiān)持的動(dòng)力
克拉克認(rèn)為自己的健康之旅并不算激烈,跟“生物黑客”關(guān)系也不大。她只是堅(jiān)持簡(jiǎn)單的方法,通過飲食、鍛煉和健康地承受壓力提升健康水平。
她認(rèn)為之所以能日常堅(jiān)持追求健康長(zhǎng)壽,都是因?yàn)樗膬鹤印?/p>
作為單親媽媽母親,她希望能多陪陪17歲的兒子。她告訴《財(cái)富》雜志說:“我想盡可能長(zhǎng)時(shí)間陪在他身邊,所以想盡量減少衰老造成的負(fù)面影響?!保ㄘ?cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:梁宇
審校:夏林
住在鳳凰城的朱莉·吉布森·克拉克每年衰老0.665歲。因此,盡管這位單親媽媽已經(jīng)55歲,但能更準(zhǔn)確決定健康壽命和生命長(zhǎng)度的“生理”年齡比實(shí)際要低?!吧怼蹦挲g測(cè)試結(jié)果是根據(jù)她最新的表觀遺傳學(xué)DNA測(cè)試,主要評(píng)估生活方式對(duì)基因的影響。
在“追求長(zhǎng)生”的熱潮中,克拉克的成績(jī)可謂十分出色,未來(lái)十年這項(xiàng)260億美元的業(yè)務(wù)預(yù)計(jì)可以翻一番。在名為“重返青春奧運(yùn)會(huì)”(Rejuvenation Olympics)的全球網(wǎng)絡(luò)長(zhǎng)壽競(jìng)賽中,克拉克排名第二,該競(jìng)賽計(jì)算4000名參賽者六個(gè)月平均衰老速度并進(jìn)行排名。她的排名高于排名第六的布萊恩·約翰遜和排名第19的彼得·迪亞曼迪斯。約翰遜相當(dāng)富有,是科技公司創(chuàng)始人,每年為逆轉(zhuǎn)衰老花200萬(wàn)美元;迪亞曼迪斯的風(fēng)投基金已經(jīng)投入5億美元推動(dòng)技術(shù)進(jìn)步,根據(jù)他的網(wǎng)站介紹,多項(xiàng)技術(shù)都針對(duì)健康衰老和延長(zhǎng)壽命。
科技行業(yè)百萬(wàn)富翁能采取極端抗衰老方案,比如去看每小時(shí)收費(fèi)1000美元的抗衰老醫(yī)生,比起來(lái)克拉克的方法其實(shí)有些簡(jiǎn)單。畢竟她年收入不到六位數(shù),不可能耗盡積蓄追求長(zhǎng)生,還需要錢維持晚年生活。她每月花27美元買健身房會(huì)員,每月79美元訂購(gòu)NOVOS公司的保健品,她參加了該公司的試驗(yàn)也跟該公司合作,將結(jié)果提交給長(zhǎng)壽排行榜。
“到最后,公交車上的車輪都會(huì)脫落,但我想,我的車輪不會(huì)掉那么快,”之前克拉克曾告訴《財(cái)富》雜志。“所以我會(huì)盡可能保養(yǎng)好自己?!?/p>
她的日常怎么過?事實(shí)證明,你也能做到?!斑@些事就像刷牙一樣簡(jiǎn)單,”克拉克說。
富含蔬菜的飲食
一般來(lái)說每天克拉克吃大約16盎司的蔬菜,工作日吃胡蘿卜、蘿卜和辣椒,其中大部分做成沙拉和湯。她吃各種各樣的全營(yíng)養(yǎng)食物,如多種蔬菜,所以腸道健康,進(jìn)而增強(qiáng)免疫系統(tǒng)維持身體健康。
克拉克還限制食物中精制糖和谷物的量,糖和谷物所含營(yíng)養(yǎng)物質(zhì)比復(fù)合碳水化合物要少。
力量和有氧運(yùn)動(dòng)
克拉克每周去健身房做有氧運(yùn)動(dòng)和力量訓(xùn)練:兩天負(fù)重訓(xùn)練上半身,兩天負(fù)重訓(xùn)練下半身,一天針對(duì)腹部力量訓(xùn)練。每周她還做四次有氧運(yùn)動(dòng),每次約20到30分鐘。
周末克拉克會(huì)徒步、劃皮劃艇、玩匹克球或長(zhǎng)距離散步。
隨著年齡增長(zhǎng),每周堅(jiān)持力量訓(xùn)練有助于防止肌肉因衰老流失。找到喜歡的運(yùn)動(dòng)更容易堅(jiān)持。
蒸桑拿、洗冷水浴
每周克拉克至少蒸三次桑拿,20分鐘后再洗冷水澡。
長(zhǎng)壽專家堅(jiān)稱,冷熱浴可給身體施加壓力。正如之前長(zhǎng)壽專家馬克·海曼告訴《財(cái)富》雜志的那樣,“如果壓力殺不死你,就會(huì)讓你更強(qiáng)壯?!?/p>
他說,類似桑拿的熱浸泡有利于長(zhǎng)壽?!白詈竽茉黾訜嵝菘说鞍?,清除受損的蛋白質(zhì)增強(qiáng)免疫系統(tǒng),提升心血管健康。”海曼說。
冷水淋浴跟冷水池浴類似,作用不止提高靈敏程度。冷水能釋放腎上腺素并保持身體彈性——這一生物過程被稱為刺激效應(yīng),能減少炎癥。
堅(jiān)持的動(dòng)力
克拉克認(rèn)為自己的健康之旅并不算激烈,跟“生物黑客”關(guān)系也不大。她只是堅(jiān)持簡(jiǎn)單的方法,通過飲食、鍛煉和健康地承受壓力提升健康水平。
她認(rèn)為之所以能日常堅(jiān)持追求健康長(zhǎng)壽,都是因?yàn)樗膬鹤印?/p>
作為單親媽媽母親,她希望能多陪陪17歲的兒子。她告訴《財(cái)富》雜志說:“我想盡可能長(zhǎng)時(shí)間陪在他身邊,所以想盡量減少衰老造成的負(fù)面影響。”(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:梁宇
審校:夏林
Julie Gibson Clark is aging at 0.665 of a year for every chronological year she lives. So while the Phoenix-based single mother is 55 years old, her “biological” age, which may determine health span and life span more accurately, is decreasing—that is, according to her latest epigenetic DNA test, evaluating how her lifestyle influences her genes.
Amid the craze to live forever—a $26 billion business predicted to nearly double in the next decade—Clark’s results are more than impressive. In a global online longevity game called the Rejuvenation Olympics, ranking 4,000 people’s pace-of-aging averages across six months, Clark is in second place. She ranks higher than No. 6 Bryan Johnson, the wealthy tech founder who spends $2 million per year on reverse aging, and No. 19 Peter Diamandis, whose venture fund has put $500 million into growing technologies, many of which are aimed at research and development for healthy aging and extending life span, according to his website.
Unlike the tech millionaires using extreme anti-aging protocols like spending up to $1,000 an hour to see a rejuvenation doctor, Clark’s secret is somewhat ordinary. After all, she makes less than six figures a year and cannot afford to spend her savings trying to live forever since she will need enough to sustain her into extreme old age. She spends $27 a month on a gym membership and $79 a month on a supplement subscription from NOVOS, the company whose trial she entered and worked with to submit her results to the longevity leaderboard.
“Eventually the wheels will fall off the bus, and I’m like, well, mine aren’t falling off anytime soon,” Clark previously told Fortune. “So I’m going to do everything I can to keep the bus in good order.”
So what’s her daily routine? Turns out, you can do it, too. “This stuff has to just kind of be like brushing your teeth,” Clark says.
A vegetable-rich diet
Clark typically consumes about 16 ounces of vegetables daily, snacking on carrots, radishes, and peppers during the workday. The majority, though, she gets through salads and soups. Eating a diverse array of whole foods, such as a range of vegetables, is associated with a strong gut, which can boost the immune system and keep the body healthy.
Clark also limits the amount of refined sugars and grains she eats, which contain fewer nutrients than complex carbohydrates.
Strength and cardio
When Clark heads to the gym, she does a mix of cardio and strength workouts each week: two days of upper body workouts with weights, two days of lower body with weights, and one day of strength-training targeting her midsection. She also does about 20 to 30 minutes of cardio four times a week.
On the weekends, Clark hikes, kayaks, plays pickleball, or takes a long walk.
Especially as people age, incorporating strength training into the week can help combat age-related muscle loss. Finding an exercise you enjoy can help you stick with it.
A sauna and a cold shower
At least three times a week, Clark uses the sauna for 20 minutes before taking a cold shower.
Longevity experts swear by cold and hot immersion to stress the body. As longevity expert Dr. Mark Hyman previously told Fortune, “A stress that doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.”
Heat immersion like a sauna can activate longevity pathways, he says. “You’ll end up increasing heat shock proteins, which clean up all damaged proteins and boost your immune system and increase your cardiovascular health,” Hyman says.
A cold shower, similar to the cold plunge, can do more than improve alertness. It can release adrenaline and keep the body resilient—a biological process known as hormesis, which can reduce inflammation.
An incentive to keep going
Clark doesn’t see her health journey as intense, nor does she prescribe to the term “biohacker.” She has found easy ways to prioritize her health through diet, exercise, and healthy bouts of stress.
She also credits her motivating factor to keeping up her routine to live a long, healthy life: her son.
As a single mother, she hopes to stay around for her 17-year-old son. “I want to be there for him as long as possible,” she told Fortune. “I want to minimize any negative repercussions of aging.”