{"id":25715,"date":"2025-04-10T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=25715"},"modified":"2025-04-10T09:23:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T09:23:50","slug":"5-science-backed-longevity-hacks-that-dont-cost-a-fortune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=25715","title":{"rendered":"5 Science-Backed Longevity Hacks That Don\u2019t Cost a Fortune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">You don\u2019t need a $40,000 gym membership to live a longer, healthier life.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Private <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/22\/well\/longevity-health-clinics.html\" title>$20,000 health clinics<\/a> offering genome sequencing and full-body scans. Gyms with <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/07\/well\/live\/equinox-40000-optimize-longevity-membership.html\" title>$40,000 annual fees<\/a>. Blood plasma exchanges for $10,000 or more a pop. One-on-one sleep coaching and $300 wearables.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Pursuing \u201clongevity\u201d has become an expensive \u2014 not to mention time-consuming \u2014 hobby. But it doesn\u2019t have to be: Experts say many of the practices that are most likely to extend your life are also the cheapest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Simple lifestyle choices, like eating well and getting regular exercise, are by far \u201cthe most effective and well-supported\u201d longevity tactics \u2014 and \u201cnothing else comes close,\u201d said John Tower, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The influencer-backed supplement stacks, oxygen treatments and stem cell therapies for longevity are \u201cexperimental at best,\u201d added Joseph Coughlin, the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab. If you\u2019re looking to live longer and healthier, you\u2019re better off doing \u201cwhat science and history have confirmed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Here are some of the experts\u2019 suggestions.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-16863476\">Work out. It doesn\u2019t matter where.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">High-end gyms might have personal trainers and fancy biometric measurements to track your heart rate and blood oxygen levels. But it\u2019s the exercise itself that\u2019s proven to extend your health and life spans, and you can get the same physical benefits by working out on your own, said Roger Fielding, a senior scientist at the U.S.D.A. Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. Cardio exercise and strength training are both linked to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ahajournals.org\/doi\/full\/10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.058162\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">lower mortality<\/a> because they reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. Just walking 30 minutes per day around your neighborhood can significantly reduce your risk; so can doing <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/01\/well\/move\/strength-exercises-aging.html\" title>higher intensity workouts<\/a> or resistance training using dumbbells at home, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heart.org\/en\/healthy-living\/fitness\/fitness-basics\/aha-recs-for-physical-activity-in-adults\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">American Heart Association recommends<\/a> at least 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity aerobic exercise (like walking) or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise (like running or swimming) to prevent cardiovascular disease. But \u201cany level of physical activity\u201d is better than none, Dr. Fielding said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-kbghgg\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171quhb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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Gyms with $40,000 annual fees. Blood plasma exchanges for $10,000 or more a pop. One-on-one sleep coaching and $300 wearables.Pursuing \u201clongevity\u201d has become an expensive \u2014 not to mention time-consuming \u2014 hobby. But it doesn\u2019t have to be: Experts say many of the practices that are most likely to extend your life are also the cheapest.Simple lifestyle choices, like eating well and getting regular exercise, are by far \u201cthe most effective and well-supported\u201d longevity tactics \u2014 and \u201cnothing else comes close,\u201d said John Tower, a professor of biological sciences at the University of Southern California Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.The influencer-backed supplement stacks, oxygen treatments and stem cell therapies for longevity are \u201cexperimental at best,\u201d added Joseph Coughlin, the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab. If you\u2019re looking to live longer and healthier, you\u2019re better off doing \u201cwhat science and history have confirmed.\u201dHere are some of the experts\u2019 suggestions.Work out. It doesn\u2019t matter where.High-end gyms might have personal trainers and fancy biometric measurements to track your heart rate and blood oxygen levels. But it\u2019s the exercise itself that\u2019s proven to extend your health and life spans, and you can get the same physical benefits by working out on your own, said Roger Fielding, a senior scientist at the U.S.D.A. Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. Cardio exercise and strength training are both linked to lower mortality because they reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease. Just walking 30 minutes per day around your neighborhood can significantly reduce your risk; so can doing higher intensity workouts or resistance training using dumbbells at home, he said.The American Heart Association recommends at least 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity aerobic exercise (like walking) or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise (like running or swimming) to prevent cardiovascular disease. But \u201cany level of physical activity\u201d is better than none, Dr. Fielding said.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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