He claimed that his body was "10 years younger", breaking the world record for underwater life. An American professor lived under the sea for 95 days, according to the Guinness World Record. That means | life
A scientist in the United States lived continuously at the bottom of the Atlantic for 95 days, breaking the Guinness World Record for underwater living. Even more surprisingly, the scientist claimed that being exposed to extreme stress for such a long time resulted in his body being 10 years younger.
Comparison of DiTuLi's Underwater Life Before and After
According to a report by the Daily Mail on June 1st, 55 year old Dituri, a professor at the University of South Florida in the United States, decided to push his limits. On March 1st of this year, he moved into Jules Underwater Cabin located in southern Florida, at a depth of over 30 feet, and embarked on a 100 day underwater life challenge. The pressure inside the underwater cabin where Dituri lives is 1.7 times the pressure above water.
As of now, Dituri has been underwater for 95 days, breaking the previous 73 day underwater living world record.
Dituri said that doctors tested his body, including measuring the telomeres of his cells, and surprisingly found a 20% increase in length and a tenfold increase in the number of stem cells.
That is to say, underwater life has reversed Dituri's age by 10 years!
Dituri stated that due to the research on hyperbaric oxygen medicine in the medical community, he was not surprised to see a reversal in his physiological age. His preliminary research findings coincide with the conclusions of Tel Aviv University in Israel. The team conducted an experiment in 2020, in which multiple healthy elderly individuals in their 60s received a series of 60 sessions of hyperbaric oxygen therapy within 3 months. Three months later, researchers analyzed the immune cells of the subjects and found that the length of telomeres increased by up to 38%, making them physiologically younger than their actual age.
What makes Dituri curious is whether his body will remain young when he returns to the ground in the future, and how long it will last. Dituri says his research can help astronauts understand the challenges of going to Mars. Long-term exposure to extreme pressure in a small space may be the environment that astronauts will face after going to Mars.
Dietuli said that although the underwater cabin is small, it contains a work area, kitchen, bathroom, two bedrooms, a small "swimming pool" with an entrance and a window with a view of the sea.
When talking about the feeling of underwater life, Dieturi said, "I like this place. I have a coffee machine, a TV, even though I don't know how to turn it on." In addition, Dieturi also misses his three daughters very much.