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Longevity

Sit Less to Live Longer: Increasing Movement Adds to Longevity

May 31, 2019

Replacing a half hour of sitting or lying around with brisk walking and other moderate physical activities reduces the risk of dying over 14 years by 45 percent.

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Dancing Prevents Senior Decline: Improves Daily Living

Apr 30, 2019

Elderly Japanese women who danced for exercise were 73 percent less likely to be impaired eight years later doing “activities of daily living” such as walking, cooking, dressing and bathing.

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Zinc Combo Fights Aging Diseases: Protects Against Oxidative Stress

Jan 31, 2019

When Zinc combines with certain antioxidant compounds found in tea, coffee and other foods, it produces a type of enzyme that prevents the oxidative stress linked to such diseases as dementia and cancer.

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Five Healthy Habits Add Years of Life: Ways to Increase Longevity

Nov 30, 2018

People can live 12 to 14 years longer if they have a healthy weight, never smoke, exercise daily, eat healthy and drink alcohol only moderately, report Harvard researchers.

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Calorie Restriction Slows Aging: Cutting Back Can Increase Longevity

Sep 28, 2018

Adults on a reduced-calorie diet for two years evidenced the reduced oxidative stress that protects against Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, cancer and diabetes.

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Aging with Passion and Purpose: Finding Fulfillment, Creativity and Meaning

Aug 31, 2017 ● By Deborah Shouse

As our bodies grow older, we can engage with life in ways that build belonging, generate enthusiasm and spark rewarding self-discovery that also blesses the world.

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Feel Young, Live Long: Perceived Age Can Affect Longevity

Dec 29, 2015

British scientists report that seniors that feel at least three years younger than their chronological age have almost half the early death rate of those that say they feel more than a year older.

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