Monday, November 24, 2008

How to add years to your life

Live long and prosper!
Researchers
have found that people who go to church are likely to outlive those who spend their Sunday mornings staring vacantly at the TV. "Involvement in any kind of religion can increase your ability to cope with stress,and helps you make meaning of your life." Which means you're less likely to drink yourself into a stupor over the weekend. 3.1 yrs added if you go to church
Learning ways to strengthen and protect neural connections in your brain may help you delay cognitive decline and dementia. Keeping your brain busy every day adds 4.6 years to your life.
Flossing not only cleans teeth and gums but also unclogs furredup arteries and adds 6.4 years of life
A person's initials can apparently predict longevity, according to the Society of Behavioural Medicine. Psychologists found that people with initials such as A.P.E. didn't live as long as people with initials such as A.C.E. Pick positive initials to add 7.5 years of added life.
People with a sense of humour have a 30% higher probability of survival when severe disease strikes.Laughter produces more protective hormones, regulates blood pressure, reduces the effects of stress and boosts the immune system. Taking all these benefits into account, developing your capacity for laughter could add eight years to your life.
People who own dogs tend to have lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels than those who don't and dogs are more effective than other animals because they force their owners to take a daily walk adding 9.4 years of life.
People who measure their own blood pressure regularly at home instead of just when they visit a doctor are more likely to keep it under control. This study says add on an extra 25 years of life if you check your own blood pressure at home, this one seems somewhat blown out of proportion to me.
Bovine colostrum is cow's milk from the 24 hours after mum's popped out a calf. It's apparently nature's most potent anti-ageing supplement and many clinical studies claim it can do one or all of the following: increase energy, rejuvenate skin, reduce pain, improve allergies, build muscle, rebuild and repair the body and enhance moods adding an extra 7.2 years.
Long-term, loving relationships can make your real age as much as 6.5 years younger," says Roizen. Throw regular sex into the equation and you give yourself an extra year's worth of under-the-cover action.
A week on a beach should lift you out of a dark mood. In one study, just 30 minutes of bright-light therapy a day for five consecutive days was enough to alleviate depression in half of the participants. Add 1.7 years
All of this adds up to 101 years of extra life
so...
Live long and prosper

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