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This is what was published in "National Geographic", November 2005. The researchers from "National Geographic" identified powerful, yet simple, lessons that offer a science-backed blueprint that could give most people another 12 quality years of life. Here are the results:
Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest
1. Keep moving: Find ways to move naturally, such as walking and gardening, using fewer laboursaving devices.
2. Find purpose: And pursue it with passion.
3. Slow down: Work less, rest, and take vacations.
4. Stop eating …when you're 80 percent full.
5. Dine on plants: Eat more veggies and less meat and processed foods.
6. Join a group: Create a healthy social network.
7. Feed your soul: Engage in spiritual activities.
8. Love those around you: your family, neighbours, etc
Download the above as a file.
More links regarding longevity:
- How to live forever (according to Newsweek, 18 April 2011)
- Vegetarian diet and Seventh-Day Adventists, Int. Journal of Cardiology, 20 October 2014
- National Geographic study on longevity
- Did You Know?
- Blue Zones - Loma Linda
- Top 5 Places Where People Live the Longest
- Longevity hot spots
- The towns where people live the longest (BBC, Feb 2008)
- Find out more about "Steps to Health"
- Beyond Meatless, the Health Effects of Vegan Diets: Findings from the Adventist Cohorts
- Why You Should Avoid Pork
- Are we eating too much protein?
Online videos:
1) Longevity: Adventist Health Studies
2) Adventist Advantage
3) Secrets of living longer, National Geographic
4) Religion and Quality of Life
5) Longevity and Exercise
Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest
1. Keep moving: Find ways to move naturally, such as walking and gardening, using fewer laboursaving devices.
2. Find purpose: And pursue it with passion.
3. Slow down: Work less, rest, and take vacations.
4. Stop eating …when you're 80 percent full.
5. Dine on plants: Eat more veggies and less meat and processed foods.
6. Join a group: Create a healthy social network.
7. Feed your soul: Engage in spiritual activities.
8. Love those around you: your family, neighbours, etc
Download the above as a file.
More links regarding longevity:
- How to live forever (according to Newsweek, 18 April 2011)
- Vegetarian diet and Seventh-Day Adventists, Int. Journal of Cardiology, 20 October 2014
- National Geographic study on longevity
- Did You Know?
- Blue Zones - Loma Linda
- Top 5 Places Where People Live the Longest
- Longevity hot spots
- The towns where people live the longest (BBC, Feb 2008)
- Find out more about "Steps to Health"
- Beyond Meatless, the Health Effects of Vegan Diets: Findings from the Adventist Cohorts
- Why You Should Avoid Pork
- Are we eating too much protein?
Online videos:
1) Longevity: Adventist Health Studies
2) Adventist Advantage
3) Secrets of living longer, National Geographic
4) Religion and Quality of Life
5) Longevity and Exercise