JAIME SOMONTE | SILVERSPAIN

Would you like to know the secret to a long and healthy life?

DIET IS THE KEY TO A LONG LIFE. HOWEVER, A GOOD SEX LIFE, WINE AND GOOD FRIENDS ARE OTHER FACTORS THAT HELP US TO LIVE BETTER AND FOR LONGER. In 2005, a research study was carried out by the National Geographic where the team travelled different parts of the world in order to answer the question: Why are there people in some parts of the world that live a lot longer than others? After visiting countries such as Greece, Nicaragua or Japan, Dan Buettner collected the lessons that he had learned in his book “The Blue Zones Solution: The...

Are human emotions the same for everyone?

AS THE SAYING GOES “THE EYES ARE THE WINDOW TO THE SOUL” AND NORMALLY WE TEND TO THINK THAT ALL HUMAN BEINGS ARE CAPABLE OF RECOGNISING CERTAIN EMOTIONS FROM SPECIFIC FACIAL GESTURES. This is one of the fundamentals of what the psychologists call “Theory of Universality”, which basically explains that the facial expressions associated to the emotions have a biological origin and are therefore universal. This means that anyone in any place would be capable of recognising the gestures that the face makes if we are happy, sad, angry, afraid or if something disgusts us. However, it seems that...

Life expectancy in Spain has doubled in only 4 generations

SPAIN IS ONE OF THE COUNTRIES WITH THE LONGEST LIFE EXPECTANCY FROM BIRTH, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 85 YEARS FOR WOMEN AND 79 FOR MEN. IT CONTINUES TO INCREASE AT A RHYTHM OF THREE AND A HALF MONTHS TO FOUR MONTHS A YEAR. Over the past 100 years, life expectancy of people born in Spain has increased by more than 40 years. This means double the life span of the era when your great grandparents were born. Double the life span! The increase is spectacular. There isn’t only one reason that explains this growth, which maintains a stable rhythm...

Author: JAIME SOMONTE

Would you like to know the secret to a long and healthy life?

Are human emotions the same for everyone?

Life expectancy in Spain has doubled in only 4 generations