How Long Is The Potential Human Life Span? Here's A PhD's Take

While there are generally three schools of thought around this topic, it's interesting to explore the idea that our life spans could be unlimited if we care for our bodies in a certain way. At the moment, there's limited data to depict the likelihood of living past the age of 110, but one study has found that your chance of death actually plateaus at that age1. Patrick explains the researchers used "extreme value theory," which is a field of statistics focused on predicting incredibly rare events. According to the research, while your chances of dying (obviously) increase with age, they level out at 110, and your odds of living to the next year lands at about 47%. She likens this to flipping a coin.  

"In the other study, researchers investigated whether people will likely surpass 120 years of age (the current records), or even older, in the next century," Patrick explains in her newsletter. "Their findings suggested that the current records will likely be broken in the next 80 years or so, but it's unlikely that anyone will live beyond 135 years."

It's only natural to want to increase the length and quality of your life (just look at biohacker Dave Asprey, who plans to live to 180!), and fortunately, there are a number of actionable steps you can take. Patrick explains that making an effort to optimize inflammatory response and lifestyle factors that support metabolic health are some of the best ways to increase your health span, and thus, life span.

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