7 Secrets of Longevity

Posted on November 14th, 2007 by admin

Here are 7 ways how to live longer:

1. Drink at least 8-10 glasses of water a day. Study has shown that men who drank this amount of water were 54% less likely to suffer from a serious heart attack than those who only drank two glasses or less a day.

2. Eat plenty of fresh vegetables and fruits daily. According to a research, if you can consume five servings of fresh vegetables and fruits per day, you will have much lower risk of suffering from a stroke than people who eat fewer than three servings.

3. Burn at 1,200 calories per week. Exercise regularly to burn this amount of calorie is very important to get rid of those excess fats that can cause hypertension and arterial inflammation. If you find yourself always giving excuses for not exercising, try to imagine what happens when you are suffering from a serious illness and can’t continue with your daily activities. Hope this can at least motivate you to start thinking of doing exercises.

4. Quit smoking. If you smoke, quit it. If you don’t smoke, stay out of the smoking zone. Secondhand smokers have nearly the same risk of getting a lung cancer as the smokers do.

5. Remember to control your anger. According to a journal Stroke, men who always express their anger are more than twice as likely to have a stroke than those who can control it.

6. Take multivitamin daily. Take multivitamin such as Centrum daily, researchers had discovered that multivitamin can help to prevent the DNA damage that causes cancer.

7. Laughter is the best medicine so laugh often. Study has shown that watching 15 minutes of funny video can improve bloodflow to your heart by 50%. Click here for a funny video.