Opinion - "It’s my goal to live to 100 – and it’s not just diet and exercise that will help me achieve it" ~ Devi Sridhar

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I tried that UK calculator and find the results rather surprising/optimistic

Example: If you input a baby female, she has an 18,3% chance of ending as a centenarian!

Today, only 0,04% of UK women are centenarians… rising to 18% among the girls born today/later
And All of this based on current trends/extrapolations without any breakthroughs in biology?

She’s not wrong, but as individuals, all we can do is focus on what we control.

I agree—it’s definitely not just about nutrients, exercise, or supplements.

Aligned on the importance of structural and environmental factors—but I think there’s one piece that still flies under the radar: toxin load.

Not just air and water, but food quality, supplement fillers, packaging, and heavy metal contamination (yes, even in supplements). These burdens accumulate. I view toxins as a major and accelerating driver of aging.

Parkinson’s is strongly linked to paraquat—and likely air pollution too.

Lung cancer: radon is the leading cause after smoking, radon is the leading cause.

And leukemia has been linked to formaldehyde exposure, which shows up in furniture, clothing, and household materials.

I went deep on water filtration myself and ended up designing a 7-tier water filtration system (whole house + RO).

Wrote about it here if anyone’s interested: