Adding Life to Your Years and Years to Your Life


Over half the US baby-boomers will see their 100th birthday
The ten mid-life risk factors for dying young
  1. Body-mass index of 25 or more
  2. High blood glucose
  3. High triglyceride levels
  4. High blood pressure
  5. Inability to squeeze at least 86 pound of pressure with a handheld device
  6. Smoking
  7. Consuming three or more alcoholic drinks daily
  8. Failing to graduate from high school
  9. Being unmarried
  10.  Having a moving traffic violation during the past three years
Ten ways to live longer
  • Have parents who live a long time
  • Exercise 60 minutes six times daily
  • Have an optimistic personality = 55% lower risk of death
  • Drink 3-5 ounces of red wine daily.  Resveratrol a molecule found in red wine may prolong life by enhancing SIR2
  • Increase socializing with happy, interesting, positive friends
  • Love someone who loves you in return
  • Cultivate a spiritual life
  • Serve and help others
  • Have something to look forward too
  • Find work you enjoy
  • Don’t worry, be happy. “In life you will have some trouble, if you worry you make it double.”
  • Weigh 10% less than your ideal weight—the only guaranteed way to exceed life expectancy. Evidence suggests that a semi-starvation diet causes stress that activates SIR2 and related genes (collectively known as Sirtuins) that improve health and prolong life.


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