Key to Living Longer: Avoid Sex and Drink Coffee- Scientist Say...

Desperate for a magical potion to help them live longer, many frantically try a range of

 new things in the belief it will give them an extra 10 years of life.

But now scientists believe they’ve found out exactly how you can extend your lifespan – 

but it won’t be an easy change for many. Refraining from having sex will help you live 

longer than all of your peers, a study has found. 

And experts believe it could explain why nuns – who stay away from the act completely – 

tend to live longer.

Researchers from the University of Sheffield discovered that meal worm beetles live for 

longer if they avoid mating. 

While those who tried to produce offspring each day passed away at a much younger age. 

Mating was found to release a hormone in the insects needed to produce sperm in a male 

or eggs in a female.

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But this was also found to have a negative effect on their immune system, the researchers found. 

This makes them vulnerable to potentially deadly infections as their body’s natural ability 

to fight rogue bacteria is compromised.

Despite the mechanism not being the same in humans, study author Dr. Michael Siva-

Jothey believes the principle can be applied.

He said: “Nuns tend to have a longer lifespan than women with children and most people

 know of someone with a maiden aunt who seems to live forever.

“The question is, why? The beetles which mate die sooner than the beetles which don’t

 mate.”

Humans also have weaker immune systems during sex, which explains how Sexually 

Transmitted Infections (STIs) can be easily spread, he added.

Nuns, priests, vicars and monks are known to live longer than others – but not for their religious protection.

It is believed their low rates of high blood pressure – which increases the risk of heart disease and stroke – are responsible.

Also, researchers have found that drinking coffee and tea may help people to live longer by reducing chemicals in the blood that can trigger heart disease.

The finding that coffee drinkers tend to live longer than people who abstain has long puzzled scientists.

Now researchers at Stanford University believe they may have hit on a reason why a having a coffee or tea break is so good for us.

The study was published in Nature Medicine.

Caffeine, the ingredient that gives coffee, tea and some fizzy drinks a lift blocks chemicals in our blood that promote inflammation.




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