Andrew Huberman· PhD
And so, you know, most of our research is built around extending health span. It is the case that for lifespan in general it's estimated to be about 16% of your lifespan's due to genetics.
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And so, you know, most of our research is built around extending health span. It is the case that for lifespan in general it's estimated to be about 16% of your lifespan's due to genetics.
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Like the best studies put this at around 7%. 7% of of longevity is genetically inherited maybe and then about 90% is not.
So I'm um uh warmed by the fact that even though my parents are still alive and are doing well um thank goodness that only 7% of longevity is dictated by the genes. Uh so if you have parents that lived a long time this also means you got to keep upkeep is important.
it's very clear that there's no more than 10% of how long you live that genetically driven. Like the best studies put this at around 7%.
Only 20% of longevity is genetic.
Only ~20% of our #health in old age in inherited. The rest is up to us.
Only 20% of longevity is genetic. The rest is up to you.
what's not appreciated generally is that 20% of our longevity is genetic which we can't do much about yet but the other 80% is how we live our lives and food and exercise the two big ones the huge