What can scare more than the coming old age? Wrinkles, weakness, a gradual loss of clarity of thinking, constant illnesses ... Unfortunately, this share will not pass a single person: medicines for old age have not yet been invented. However, there are ageless people whom time seems to bypass. And the reason for this is not endless plastic surgery, but genetic abnormalities, the nature of which scientists still cannot explain. It is about these people that you will learn from this article. Who are they, the ageless people of the planet?
Why do people get old?
Some people live to old age, while others notice the first gray hair, barely celebrating their twentieth anniversary. Why is this happening? Gerontology, the science of the aging of organisms, is trying to give an answer to this question.
Researchers believe that aging occurs due to the exhaustion of the resources of human genes. It is known that cells in the body are constantly updated by division. In this case, the chromosomes first double, after which copies are sent to new cells. Over time, as a result of such constant divisions, errors accumulate, which lead to the aging of the body. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to slow down this process. Pills, special dietary supplements, a healthy lifestyle, and giving up bad habits can only delay the onset of old age, but do not prevent it. However, sometimes inexplicable things happen: medicine describes ageless people, as if frozen in time.
Brooke greenberg
Brooke Greenberg is a girl from America who has existed in the body of a baby for all 20 years of her life. Growth Brooke reached only 76 centimeters, she weighed 7.6 kilograms. Brooke's mental development corresponded to the development of a nine-month-old baby. The birth was quite difficult: Brooke was born prematurely, at birth her body weight barely reached 1.8 kilograms. Fortunately, doctors managed to save the child.
Brooke is the fourth child of his parents - before her in the family appeared three completely healthy girls. However, Brooke never differed in excellent health: she had several strokes, once she fell into a deep coma for two weeks. During this condition, doctors discovered a tumor in the girl’s brain, which, however, mysteriously disappeared when Brooke regained consciousness.
Syndrome X
Of course, Brooke's parents tried to understand the cause of her daughter's strange illness. Numerous studies have been carried out, which, unfortunately, did not give any result: Brook’s condition went into medicine under the name “Syndrome X”.
Some researchers believed that the key to immortality lies in the girl’s genes, and she may well live much more than an ordinary person. Parents even noticed her signs of development and growth. However, hopes did not come true: October 24, 2013 Brooke died in the same hospital where she was born. However, not all ageless people die, the disease, the name of which was never invented, takes life only in rare cases.
Yakov Tsiperovich: a man who does not age
In the small German town of Halle, one of the most unusual people in the world, Yakov Tsiperovich, lives . This man is not subject to aging. Since Jacob experienced a state of clinical death in 1979, his body seemed to begin to work in a new way. Surprisingly, the clinical death lasted more than an hour: it is known that brain cells begin to die only 5 minutes after cardiac arrest. However, Jacob came to his senses. Immediately after the incident, he could not sleep: as if some unknown force threw him out of bed. This amazing person did not sleep for 16 years: Jacob was able to regain his ability to take a horizontal position only thanks to yoga and meditation. But this is not the most surprising. At 58, Tsiperovich looks like he is only 25.
Doctors have not found an explanation for this phenomenon. Some attribute the lack of age-related changes to the fact that after a coma, Jacob's body temperature does not rise above 34 degrees. However, so far no evidence has been found that lowered body temperature is associated with the ability to not age. Indeed, other ageless people, whose disease could not be explained, did not possess a similar property of the body.
Soso Lomidze: an ageless thief in law
At 15, Soso Lomilze was recognized as one of the most agile pickpockets in Georgia. However, this amazing achievement of this man was not limited. Once, people around noticed that Soso had stopped aging. At age 25, his early gray hair disappeared, a few wrinkles were smoothed out. Soso even became smaller and lost weight. At the same time, Lomidze's mental abilities were not affected: he turned into a skilled criminal who hid in the body of a child. And thanks to his unusual appearance, Lomidze managed to achieve a lot: he even became a "thief in law", which is a very honorary title in the criminal world.
“Crime of the century”: how a “boy” stole a watch from Shevarnadze
Once Lomidze used his unusual appearance to “punish” Eduard Shevarnadze for the difficult life he arranged for Georgian thieves in law. This high-profile story happened on April 9, 1979. Shevarnadze, who played the role of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, decided to visit the Pioneer Palace. Of course, Lomidze had no difficulty getting lost among children and adolescents. When Shevarnadze stepped onto the red carpet, Soso rushed to meet him, shouting words of gratitude for all that the politician was doing for the republic. The moved Shevarnadze raised the "boy" in his arms and kissed him on the cheek. Despite the fact that the contact lasted only a couple of moments, Soso managed to appropriate the Swiss wristwatch as an honored guest. By the way, it was not just a clock: it was presented to Shevarnadze by the Union of Industrialists of Germany for their contribution to the withdrawal of a group of Soviet troops from the GDR.
The scandal turned out to be loud: Shevarnadze was disgraced throughout the republic. For this case, Soso Lomidze received the title of "thief in law." By the way, they nicknamed Lomidze “The Old Man”: such a plain thieves sense of humor.
Unfortunately, self-rejuvenation was not in vain for Lomidze. At some point, he realized that he had lost the ability to be a man. Lomidze even turned for help to the healer Dzhuna, who could not help with anything: ageless people cannot be cured due to its effect. We can say that you have to pay for everything, including eternal youth.
Ann Bolton: a woman who dreams of looking older
Now Anne Bolton is about 50 years old. However, giving her more than 25 is impossible. Anne married 24 at the age of her peer. When the couple turned 30 years old, conflicts began in the family: Ann attracted the attention of young guys who had not yet graduated from college. Unfortunately, at the moment the marriage has broken up: husband Ann found that there were too many gossip behind him. After all, many believed that he married a young girl and looks just ridiculous.
Ann did not despair and got married a second time. At first, the husband was pleased with what his wife looked like. But gradually he became annoyed, tired of answering questions about who he had to Ann: daughter or younger sister. Now the woman dreams of having plastic surgery that would help her look at “her” age. Anne Bolton considers eternal youth a real curse: ageless people, whose photos you see in the article, are far from always glad that they are not subject to time ...
Such is eternal youth ...
Aging is an inevitable process. Maybe one day a cure for old age will be invented , and people at 80 will have smooth skin and pristine gray hair. However, until such a moment has arrived, it remains only to reconcile and to value even more every moment of one's youth, which will never happen again. Moreover, this article proves that not all ageless people in the world are happy because of their inexplicable character ...