Well, we can certainly hope it is!
Dr. Michael Roizen from the Cleveland Clinic has released a book, titled The Great Age Reboot, where he speaks about how life expectancy is expected to increase and why we are expected to live longer. He claims that in the next 10 years, there is an 80% chance that 90 will be the new 40.
Research also supports physical activity. When you stress your muscles, you turn on a gene that produces Irisin. Irisin goes to the brain and then turns on another gene called “brain derived neurotropic growth factor,” which increases the size of your hippocampal and increases memory functioning. This gene also turns on another protein that goes to the blood brain barrier, stops inflammation from going to your brain, and gets rid of old proteins.
In the next decade, researchers are expecting a 30-year jump in life expectancy. For almost 100 years now, our life expectancy has increased by 2.5 years every 10 years. So, if you are currently 75 years old, you were expected to only live until 60 when you were born; you have already beat your own life expectancy. As of now, research shows that you are expected to live until you are 82 years old, but you may live until you are 100 years old as medical research continuously improves.
