Over half the US baby-boomers will see their 100th birthday
The ten mid-life risk factors for dying young
- Body-mass index of 25 or more
- High blood glucose
- High triglyceride levels
- High blood pressure
- Inability to squeeze at least 86 pound of pressure with a handheld device
- Smoking
- Consuming three or more alcoholic drinks daily
- Failing to graduate from high school
- Being unmarried
- 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.