Do you dream of living to 100? How about 110 – or even 120? According to scientists, these milestones may not be far off, with cutting-edge technology pushing the upper limit of the human lifespan further than ever before. For the rich and famous, longevity has become something of an obsession, with celebrities ploughing millions into cutting-edge technologies like plasma transfusions, cryotherapy and bio-hacking – all of which claim to hold the secret to eternal youth.
But Dr Nir Barzilai, the world’s leading geneticist, says the way to stop ageing isn’t found in sci-fi treatments; rather, it’s all to do with changing how you live your life. ‘Ageing drives age-related disease,’ he explains. ‘Therefore, you want to stop ageing, and so we want to spend our time treating our health, rather than spend our time treating a disease.’ And even if we don’t want to live for that longer, we do want to make sure we’re as healthy as possible, for as long as possible.
