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Surrounding yourself with people who help you feel good about your life may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about ways to lengthen your lifespan. But a new study suggests focusing on happiness and social connections may be one great way to boost longevity.

For the study, researchers examined data on almost 12,000 adults 45 and older who participated in the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. All of the participants provided blood samples, detailed medical histories, and information on their social circumstances and mental health. Scientists then used all of this data to predict which factors might make the biggest difference on longevity using a so-called aging clock, a statistical model for assessing biological rather than chronological age.

Psychological factors such as being lonely or unhappy accelerated aging by 1.65 years, compared with what normal aging would look like for healthy individuals without any physical or mental health problems, according to study results published in study results published in the journal Aging(PDF).

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Mental and psychosocial states are some of the most robust predictors of health outcomes and quality of life, study coauthor Manuel Faria of Stanford University said in a statement.

Aging was also accelerated in smokers and in people with a history of stroke, liver, and lung diseases. Current smoking, for example, accelerated aging by 1.25 years.

Other factors that accelerated aging included living in a rural area and never marrying.

This aging clock used to assess which factors might make the biggest impact on longevity wasnt tested against real-life outcomes. The study didnt follow people until they died to determine whether being lonely or unhappy might lead to a premature death.

Several authors on the study have a conflict of interest they received salaries from Deep Longevity, a company thats developing aging clocks and is publicly traded in Hong Kong, while they were working on this research.

However, many previous studies have also linked social isolation and loneliness to an increased risk of premature death.

One study of about 17,000 adults in the United States found that social isolation is fairly common in middle age, impacting about 17 percent of women and 21 percent of men. For both sexes, being unmarried and participating infrequently in religious activities were among the main causes of social isolation. And it was associated with a 62 percent higher risk of premature death in women and a 75 percent greater chance of an earlier death for men.

Another study of almost 120,000 middle-aged adults in 20 different countries found social isolation more common in females, elderly people, city dwellers, people with lower education levels, and unemployed individuals. Overall, social isolation was associated with a 26 percent higher risk of premature death, and the risk of this was most pronounced in people living in high-income countries.

Its possible that at least some of the connection between social isolation and longevity depends on the underlying causes. A study of more than 35,000 elderly adults found social isolation associated with a 22 percent higher risk of premature death, but also found that most of this was explained by advanced age and by underlying health issues that may have made it difficult for people to venture out.

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The complementary and alternative medicines for anti-aging longevity market size is estimated to be USD 45.72 billion in 2021 and is expected to witness a CAGR of 24.73% during the forecast period 2022-2029. The growing ageing population and diseases associated with it, rising public awareness about traditional remedies, government programs and regulations that encourage are some of the key drivers for the market growth. However, lack of awareness is expected to restrain the market growth.

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Published: 2022-10-01T22:28:09

Updated: 2022-10-02T02:31:38

Linus Tech Tips revealed he is extremely skeptical about Starforge Systems survival during a tech review.

As the most watched tech-centric YouTube channel on the platform, Linus Sebastian and the team at Linus Tech Tips certainly know the ins and outs of PC building and manufacturing.

As a very lucrative industry, its no surprise that companies like the influencer-owned Starforge Systems were eager to jump into the field with some expensive pre-built systems for sale.

Now, Sebastian has reviewed the Horizon Creator edition PC sent from the company in which he said he was extremely skeptical of the companys survivability quite early on.

Sebastian opened his review by acknowledging that while the system-building business looks quite appealing on the outside, the pitfalls involved in founding a company around it are numerous.

The tech YouTuber went on to say that those pitfalls coupled with the fact that Starforge Systems is owned by a bunch of Twitch streamers with no obvious business acumen among other concerning factors made him think the company was doomed to fail.

For those who may not know, Starforge System is owned by members of OTK Network and popular content creator Charlie MoistCr1TiKal White.

Unfortunately, Starforge Systems launch was plagued with controversies, such as many fans claiming the PC builds were vastly overpriced and OTK perma-banning critics from live streams.

As such, Sebastian anonymously ordered the $3,500 Horizon Creator Edition PC for review, so as not to receive any special treatment beforehand.

While the team noticed fairly minor and not-so-minor hiccups during the setup process, the performance test performed admirably.

However, Sebastian deemed the value proposition of the $3,500 PC much more harshly. Notably, Sebastians team was able to build a PC with identical specs that cost nearly $1,000 less.

Of course, the tech YouTuber acknowledged the convenience factor coupled when buying a pre-built PC compared to a DIY build.

While Sebastion ended his review by saying he doesnt know if hed wholeheartedly recommend purchasing a Starforge Systems build and advised viewers to wait to see if theyre still around in six months, he acknowledged the company seemed like as good an option as any other SI on the market.

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See those deer over there? I eat just like them. The man sitting across from me is greying above his ears, and the wrinkles around his eyes are verging on leathery.

Grass? I ask. He gives a hearty laugh, taking a sip from his bottle. I havent seen any deer on their second beer today.

I eat like them. The same thing at the same time every day. Then I can smoke and drink beer. Its why we live so long here!

Navy waves crash against the shore, and sand crabs scuttle around our feet. Im not sold on his zoological accuracy, but Im in Costa Rica to learn the secrets of longevity, so Im not ready to completely dismiss his theory.

Were sitting in a chiringuito a local open-air bar just outside the town of Samara on the Nicoya Peninsula, one of the worlds five Blue Zones, made famous by the Dan Buettner bestseller of the same name.

These are regions where people are thought to live the longest and healthiest. Having spent the past two years feeling cold and tired in Toronto, Ive settled into this beach town for a few months to see what I can learn about longevity myself.

What about exercise? Eating more greens? The keto diet? I ask. At home, I spend much of my energy trying to fit 30-minute runs, fish oil capsules, meditation and eight ounces of veggies into my daily routine.

But the man at the bar is committed. Same thing. Same time. Every day. Its pura vida. Pura vida hello, goodbye, cheers, life is good and, literally, the pure life is said around the country in response to anything and everything.

The man lights a cigarette and offers to buy me a beer. I refuse. Its only noon and I dont digest gluten well. I take a bite of the grilled fish on my plate and the warm, buttery flavour runs down my throat.

Ive been dutifully eating the traditional food: plates of beans, rice, plantains, vegetables and fish. But I leave most of the rice behind, still not ready to believe I can eat this many carbs.

If you want more answers, you have to go into the mountains, the man tells me.

As a taxi takes me to Hojancha, a small mountain town outside busy Nicoya, cheap clothing and electronics stores fade into jungle as we shift gears to drive up hilly dirt lanes.

My first stop is the Diria Coffee Tour, offered by the sustainable agricultural co-op Coopepilangosta R.L. Coffee is another staple in this region, and Im ready to get one of the secrets to longevity straight from the source.

Sweat cakes my skin as the guide, a certified coffee taster, leads a group around the farm where reddish-brown beans sprout on thin trees for kilometres in all directions. A wiry and energetic man, he tells us how the co-op started with just a small group of farmers and now has over 100 active producers. I try to pay attention, but Im too distracted by the fact that you can be a certified coffee taster to think of much else.

At the end of the tour, coffee is poured into small white bowls. I take a sip to find it light and a little sour. As a lifelong insomniac, Im vigilant about only having one cup of coffee a day and never after 2 p.m. Its 2:30 now. But for the sake of journalistic integrity, I finish three cups of coffee and feel jittery energy coursing through me.

After the tour, I wander through Hojancha, looking at the mural art in the main square, where a group of aging men are drinking coffee and laughing.

In a small fruit shop, I find plastic baggies of handmade tortillas sitting on the counter. I grab a couple of bags and ask the woman in a white apron at the till for a taxi number. Theres only one taxi driver in town, and it happens to be her husband.

The driver carefully negotiates the bumpy road as he talks to me in slow Spanish. What do I think of Costa Rica? Why did I come to Hojancha? He takes a small mango from his dashboard and bares his teeth to rip into the skin, but then closes his mouth.

He hands the fruit back to me. Pura vida, he says.

Despite the jolt of caffeine, I sleep through the night. Am I finally starting to learn the secrets of this Blue Zone? Was the mango magic?

As the weeks pass, the undercurrent of tiredness I was carrying starts to leave my body. Im less concerned about how many carbs Im eating or how late I drink coffee. I stop even pretending to go for runs and quickly give up on surf lessons. Perhaps good health isnt 30 minutes of exercise or butter coffee squeezed into a busy day.

I spend more time wandering dirt roads, jumping in waterfalls, chatting to my neighbours, and watching the waves at my local chiringuito. Food, coffee, wine, relationships and natural movement become the centre of my day. Despite my lack of fitness and measured greens, I feel stronger and full of life.

On my last night on the peninsula, I decide to go for a final glass of wine. But the chiringuito is out. Cerveza? The waiter asks. Beer? I think about carbs and gluten as I consider the offer. The waves crash under the pink rays of the setting sun. A fisherman jumps on his beached boat as a big wave comes crashing high on the shore.

I look back at the waiter and nod my head yes. Pura vida.

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Four-time Worlds Strongest Man (WSM) champion Brian Shaw is not expected to compete for the remainder of the 2022 strongman season after declining his invitation to the 2022 Rogue Invitational. However, that doesnt mean there arent other things in the works while he takes some time off from competition to recover.

On Sept. 27, 2022, Shaw took to his YouTube channel for a Q&A that covered a range of topics, including his decision not to attend the World Deadlift Championships in 2016 and a potential new show with 2017 WSM champion Eddie Hall. Check it out in the video below:

[Related: Strongman Evan Singleton Is Out for the Rest of the 2022 Season, but His Biceps Surgery Was Successful]

Shaws opening question asked if he felt he could have beaten the world record deadlift at the 2016 World Deadlift Championships, the same year he won his fourth WSM contest.

Shaw says he did not intend to attempt a 500-kilogram (1,102.3-pound) deadlift at the event, which would have been the record. Instead, he wanted a weight jump in between the 465-kilogram (1,025-pound) and 500-kilogram (1,102.3-pound) lifts that the promoters would not agree to.

That disagreement led Shaw to skip the event, leaving the door open for Hall to become the first human to score a 500-kilogram pull.

Next, Shaw was asked about the highest body weight of his career, which he said came at the 2017 WSM contest, where he reached somewhere between 460 to 470 pounds.

At that weight, I was very uncomfortable. That was the tipping point of being too heavy.

Shaw has dropped weight since then, though he remains in the 400-pound range. Shaw holds the record for most consecutive WSM Final appearances (14), and he attributes his longevity to staying in tune with his body and adjusting his training based on how he feels, even if it goes against his programming.

[Related: Strongwoman Rhianon Lovelace Axle Deadlifts 261.5 Kilograms (576.5 Pounds) for New World Record]

Shaw didnt disclose any details but did mention that he and Hall are currently talking about doing a new TV show together. Both strongmen have massive YouTube channels that exceed well over a million subscribers each, so the show would likely be on either or both channels, but broadcast/streaming details were not disclosed.

When asked if the need for agility and speed in recent strongman contests has hurt Shaws podium viability, he acknowledges that it has. Throughout his career, Shaw has consistently been one of the largest and heaviest athletes at the WSM competition. He suggests that there is a debate regarding whether the weights have gotten heavier or not over time, saying that the weights peaked in 2017. While there are a lot of variables in a strongman contest medleys, loading races, and Atlas stones, to name a few they arent standardized events, so the weights and distances often change.

However, according to 2016 Europes Strongest Man (ESM) Laurence Shahlaeis breakdown of WSM events, only the log lift event reached its historically heaviest point in 2017. The squat, deadlift for reps, Atlas stones, loading events, and yoke have either remained static, gotten heavier, or become part of a medley where weight complements the other implements.

While it might feel like the WSM has gotten lighter and that is the case if implements are used in races or medleys that is too simple of a rationale given the volume of variables and the fact that many of the WSM events have actually gotten heavier.

Shaw did not disclose when he intends to return to the competition stage, but it will likely be sometime in 2023. His fourth-place finish at the 2022 WSM contest suggests that, even at age 40, he still has plenty left in the tank.

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Warren Lee, 106, of LaFayette, died Sunday, September 25, 2022, at his home, one month shy of his 107th birthday.

He was born at the family home on Brewer Road in Amber in 1915, according to his obituary. He grew up on a successful farm that produced a specialized cigar tobacco, along with the other crops. In subsequent years, the Lee family moved to different locations in Marcellus.

He remembered World War I soldiers marching through the streets of Marcellus and the 1918 flu, according to his obituary. He attended schools in Marcellus, Onondaga Valley Academy and Vocational High School.

He worked for Hitchings Apple Orchards, then Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards, where he learned the horticultural techniques of budding and grafting. He was promoted to oversee the cold storage equipment and finally took charge of the orchard equipment maintenance and repair operation.

He eventually began an independent automotive repair business, according to his obituary. During the early years of his business, he taught welding. He also earned an adult education teaching certificate in 1954 and taught welding night school classes in his garage for Onondaga Central School.

During the time of Cold War international tensions, he trained and became a Civil Defense Police Officer.

Asked about the possible reasons for his long life, Warren offered these tips:

Hard work, a good wife, staying slim and active, country living, deep well water, fresh vegetables and a positive outlook with good humor.

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