Mafer Garza

[Iñigo San Millán @doctorinigo]

A study with almost 74,000 subjects ages 50-85.

Conclusion:
-The wealthiest Americans had approximately the same survival rates as the poorest people in Europe.

Wealth helps enormously within the United States, but even high wealth does not completely overcome the US–European mortality disadvantage.

Wealthy Americans presumably have much greater ability to buy excellent medical care, better housing, healthier food, gyms, preventive testing and so forth. Yet their survival remained roughly comparable to the poorest group in Northern/Western Europe.

The study doesn’t provide direct answers to why this happens. However, maybe wealth cannot outperform lifestyle, strong social safety net, great food around friends and family, lower stress, walking significantly more everyday to your bakery (yes, believe it or not, Europeans are big on bread), local food stores, coffee shops, affording to retire when it is time without worrying about paying bills especially when you get sick…

As both an American and European citizen, I believe it may be time for Americans to recalibrate how we think about longevity.

We are increasingly chasing the latest intervention such as rapamycin, peptides, cold plunges, red-light therapy…hoping that targeting a single enzyme or metabolic pathway will move the needle.

As a systems physiologist, I struggle with that view. Human physiology is not a collection of isolated pathways. Trillions of cells communicate across metabolic, vascular, endocrine, immune and neurological systems. Health emerges from their integration.

Perhaps longevity is less about hacking individual pathways and more about creating the environment in which the whole organism can thrive.

[Diana Pinto @soydianapinto]

Sentirte peor en los primeros meses de un nuevo nivel de responsabilidad no es señal de que te equivocaste de camino. Es señal de que estás aprendiendo algo genuinamente nuevo. 👏

[Mind Haste ⚡️ @MindHaste]

Playing it safe is the riskiest thing you can do with your one life.

[Mafer Garza @abcdefer_]

Me explota el corazón de haberme cruzado con gente tan bella en esta vida ❤️ cada vez creo más en que la vida siempre te lleva a donde tienes que estar ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

[Kevin Quintero. @VargasKevi23363]

Cerré el computador y le dediqué el resto de la consulta a eso.
No al dolor de cabeza.
Salió cuarenta minutos después con una remisión a psicología y con algo en la cara que no tenía cuando entró.
Esa tarde el sistema me generó una alerta por consulta extendida fuera del tiempo permitido.
Ocho años ejerciendo y ese día entendí que el sistema está diseñado para atender enfermedades pero no siempre para atender personas.
Y que a veces la diferencia entre las dos cosas es cerrar el computador y preguntar qué más.
Anónimo

[Mafer Garza @abcdefer_]

Hoy firmé mi contrato de trabajo y es toda una mezcla de emociones la que traigo 🥺

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

This is the coldest life advice you’ll hear

[blue @bluewmist]

if you don’t realize this it’s gonna cost your life.

[Philosophy of Ages @PhilosophyAges]

7.

[liminal @Liminal1988]

The longest journey you will take is from your head to your heart.

[Mafer Garza @abcdefer_]

No puedo creer lo feliz que me siento

[Mafer Garza @abcdefer_]

Gracias a la vida.

[Mafer Garza @abcdefer_]

Gracias por darme esta oportunidad de ver el mundo, de descubrirme mientras lo descubro.

[Mafer Garza @abcdefer_]

Hoy compré dos libros que se leen muy prometedores por solo 40 pesitos! Life is good

[liminal @Liminal1988]

Your future is shaped by the moments no one else sees,...

[Mafer Garza @abcdefer_]

@Sofiiadlsantos Lit

[Mafer Garza @abcdefer_]

Un dude con el que salí hace 7 meses (y que bloquee de todos lados) me mandó UN PESO (1) para decirme que lo perdone 🙃

[Mafer Garza @abcdefer_]

@emitejeda Se tenía que confundir el 😭 no tu

[Mafer Garza @abcdefer_]

@dlauraaraujoh Nooo haha 5553549000 😎

[Mafer Garza @abcdefer_]

Por alguna razón me sé el número de la farmacia San Pablo 😎

[misa @misaboca]

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