If you smoke then that is the number one factor you can cut out to increase your life expectancy dramatically. Also once you stop smoking the lungs repair themselves and the more smoke free years you have the more you live. Of course quitting is not an easy thing. If it were then everyone would [...]
Read more →Having the correct diet is a central pillar of a long lasting life. Here are the 4 ways to live longer and this is one of them.
It is not only that are living for longer than average they are also healthier, being leaner, more energetic and having a lower rate of chronic illness.
The Okinawans are [...]
As the body ages muscles gradually get weaker and less able to bear load. This has a huge impact on the whole body as muscles help to support the body organs and keep everything together. Also quality of life issues are impacted as with the reduction in strength comes the reduction in [...]
Read more →Adopting four healthy behaviours can add up to 14 years of extra life if you were not following them before. This includes not smoking, moderate alcohol intake, taking exercise and eating five servings of fruit and vegetables per day. These results come from a study published in PLoS Medicine journal. This [...]
Read more →Heart disease not only has a high risk of death it also carries with it a huge quality of life burden. So even though medical breakthroughs have allowed heart attack survivors to get extra years, it also means that increasing numbers will end up with disability or have to live in a [...]
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