Post Date December, 03 2023
As the saying goes, "Ten fingers connect the heart.". Human fingers contain many secrets of the human body. Stretch out your finger and ask the scientist to show you "palmistry.".
Fingers are indeed inextricably linked to the heart. Scientists at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom recently discovered for the first time a direct relationship between finger length, age, and heart disease. Looking at a boy's fingers can tell if they are at risk of developing heart disease as adults. Scientists at the University of Liverpool came to this conclusion after studying men of different ages with heart disease.
The study's lead author, Dr. John Manning, and his colleagues studied 151 male patients with heart disease. The results showed that people with relatively long index fingers were between the ages of 35 and 80, while those with longer ring fingers were between the ages of 58 and 80. They concluded that people with the same or slightly shorter ring and index fingers have a higher risk of heart attack between the ages of 30 and 40. People with long ring fingers are more likely to suffer from heart disease when they are older.
Dr. Manning believes that this is a major breakthrough in heart disease research because the ratio of two fingers is determined in the womb and remains unchanged throughout life. This means that even if a child's fingers have not yet fully grown, it is possible to speculate on the possibility of heart disease in adulthood. Other methods, such as the ratio of waist to hip circumference, and body mass index, vary frequently and are influenced by age.
Dr. Manning said, "After using this method to identify children at risk for disease, they should be encouraged to eat low-fat and low-salt foods, refrain from smoking, and exercise regularly."
The difference in the ratio of finger length is related to the level of sexual hormones in the body, even the impact of prenatal sexual hormones, and growth. Men with longer ring fingers have relatively high levels of the sex hormone testosterone propionate, which has the effect of preventing heart disease in men. Young heart patients with short ring fingers have lower testosterone propionate levels.
Dr. Manning's earlier studies also showed that the finger ratio was related to women's reproductive capacity and the incidence rate of breast cancer, and even to the sexual orientation of men and women. After examining 60 men and 40 women attending an infertility clinic, he also found that men with asymmetric hands secreted fewer sperm. Twelve of the subjects who barely secreted sperm had as many as four differences in their hands. Dr. Manning said that the degree of asymmetry between the fingers of both hands indicates the amount of sperm each time you ejaculate. The more asymmetrical the fingers of both hands, the fewer the sperm count.
In addition, the ring finger is longer than the index finger, which also shows musical talent. A survey of musicians from a British symphony orchestra shows that the best performers have significantly longer ring fingers than their index fingers compared to others.
