Top longevity competitors lowered their estimated biological age scores by a combined 62 years. Here's how they stay healthy.
Three Longevity World Cup winners lowered their biological ages by 22.1 years, 20.6 years, and 20.1 years. They share what keeps them healthy.
The Longevity World Cup, a contest that ranks individuals based on their ability to lower their biological age, recently concluded with three winners who managed to lower their estimated biological age scores by a combined 62 years. The competition, founded by Adam Ficsor, uses PhenoAge as a metric to estimate biological age, which is a risk of dying calculated from an individual's actual age and blood markers such as cholesterol, blood sugar, inflammation, and kidney function.
The first-place winner, Michael Lustgarten, reduced his estimated PhenoAge by 22.1 years, dropping his biological age to 30.9 years from a chronological age of 53. Runner-up Zdenek Sipek lowered his PhenoAge by 20.6 years, bringing his biological age down to 25.8 from 46.4. Coming in third, Wen Zhuang managed to decrease his estimated PhenoAge by 20.1 years, with a final biological age of just 0.5 years.
While longevity enthusiasts generally aim to slow aging, Ficsor's goal is to outrun it. He envisions a future where advances in medicine could lead to "longevity escape velocity," where healthy life extension outpaces aging. To achieve this, Ficsor founded the Longevity World Cup, offering prize money in Bitcoin to encourage participants to improve their biological age.
The competition's scores are based on PhenoAge, a tool that estimates biological age by taking an individual's actual age and common blood markers into account. Experts caution that while PhenoAge can be useful for tracking improvements from healthier behaviors, it's not a direct measurement of aging and large fluctuations in scores over short periods can be challenging to interpret.
Interviews with the top three winners revealed that their approaches to maintaining a healthy lifestyle involve a combination of disciplined routines, balanced diets rich in seafood, vegetables, and legumes, social connection, and a carefully curated supplement regimen. Despite the success of these individuals, experts advise that their specific routines and supplement choices may not be universally applicable and that social connection is a key longevity factor.
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