Dispensary Corner 15 Sep 15
September 15, 2015
Healthy ageing?
An 84-year-old Russian film
star has married a 24-year-old
student, insisting the six decade
age difference is irrelevant.
It’s the fourth time around for
Ivan Krasko, who performed in
more than 100 Soviet-era TV
shows and movies as well as
enjoying a long theatrical career.
His new bride is Natalya Shevel,
a student who met the actor five
years ago and impressed him with
her ability to write poetry.
Krasko said after the wedding
“I feel like I am 23 years old,”
adding that “I should have enough
strength for the seven years that I
have promised her”.
The movie star divorced his
previous wife - who was only 47
years his junior - in 2011.
Human beings are biologically
wired to be lazy, according to a
study recently published in the
Current Biology journal.
Researchers from Canada’s
Simon Fraser University asked
volunteers to wear restrictive leg
braces which made walking at
their usual pace more strenuous.
“Within minutes, each volunteer
worked out how to modify their
usual walking pattern to use the
least energy,” the BBC reported -
confirming the common tendency
to put as little effort as possible
into common tasks.
The scientists said in some
cases the energy savings were
minuscule, saying the findings
confirm that the subconscious
nervous system continuously finetunes
movements to minimise
the effort used - and the effect is
apparent even when exercising,
when the brain is hard at work
in the background making it as
efficient as possible.
“This is bad news for those of
us who eat too much,” said lead
researcher Dr Max Donelan.
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