Do you want to live past 100?
Most of us would say YES, as long as your quality of live is good (and some would say yes, regardless of the quality!).
People are certainly living longer these days, with effective vaccines and other ways of reducing the mortality rate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported that life expectancy has increase almost 3 decades over the last 100 years.
Here is a list of possible actions you could take to increase your life expectancy further:
1. Scientifically speaking, Live Science presents some research in an article giving some longevity tips. Some sound like they only apply to rats, but here are a few you could probably count on: Reduce the total calories in your diet to lower metabolic rate, which can result in fewer free radicals and therefore less age-related disease
2. Be a hardworking and conscientious person, like one of the children in The Longevity Project – avoid risks and have a stable long-term relationship.
3. Speaking of relationships – get married. This helps men the most, but married women still live longer than their single counterparts.
4. According to Reuters, Be a white woman – I realize that you don’t have any control over that, but of those living past 100 in the the U.S., 80% are women and most of them are white and living in the cities of the Northeast and Midwest.
5. Use the Seventh Day Adventists as an example – they tend to be the longest-living group in the United States. Speculation says it is due to practicing vegetarianism, exercising, abstaining from alcohol, and stress management via religion and family time.
6. Oh – you could also try walking the Mall everyday like Mekey Yetashwork does in Denver!
See what U.S. World and News Report has to say in this Video on Living Past 100:
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