14 Signs You'll Live Longer

Hmmm. I'm gonna live longer than my husband. I wonder why 'being female' isn't on the list.

- Your mom had you young - If she was under age 25, you're twice as likely to live to 100 as someone born to an older mom, according to University of Chicago scientists.
- You're a tea lover - Both green and black teas contain a concentrated dose of catechins, substances that help blood vessels relax and protect your heart.
- You'd rather walk "Fit" people - defined as those who walk for about 30 minutes a day - are more likely to live longer than those who walk less, regardless of how much body fat they have, according to a recent study of 2,603 men and women.
- You skip soda (even diet) - Scientists in Boston found that drinking one or more regular or diet colas every day doubles your risk of metabolic syndrome - a cluster of conditions, including high blood pressure, elevated insulin levels, and excess fat around the waist, that increase your chance of heart disease and diabetes.
- You have strong legs - Lower-body strength translates into good balance, flexibility, and endurance. As you get older, those attributes are key to reducing your risk of falls and injuries - particularly hip fractures, which often quickly lead to declining health.
- You eat purple food - Concord grapes, blueberries, red wine: They all get that deep, rich color from polyphenols - compounds that reduce heart disease risk and may also protect against Alzheimer's disease, according to the new research.
- You were a healthy-weight teen - A study in the Journal of Pediatrics that followed 137 African Americans from birth to age 28 found that being overweight at age 14 increases your risk of developing type 2 diabetes in adulthood.
- You don't like burgers - A few palm-size servings (about 2 1/2 ounces) of beef, pork, or lamb now and then is no big deal, but eating more than 18 ounces of red meat per week ups your risk of colorectal cancer - the third most common type, according to a major report by the American Institute for Cancer Research.
- You've been a college freshman - A recent Harvard Medical School study found that people with more than 12 years of formal education (even if it's only 1 year of college) live 18 months longer than those with fewer years of schooling. Why? The more education you have, the less likely you are to smoke.
- You really like your friends -
"Good interpersonal relationships act as a buffer against stress," says Micah Sadigh, PhD, an associate professor of psychology at Cedar Crest College.
...And they're healthy
If your closest friends gain weight, your chance of doing the same could increase by 57%, according to a study in the New England of Journal of Medicine.
- You embrace the challenge - People who consider themselves self-disciplined, organized achievers live longer and have up to an 89% lower risk of developing Alzheimer's than the less conscientious, according to two studies.
- You don't have a housekeeper - Just by vacuuming, mopping floors, or washing windows for a little more than an hour, the average person can burn about 285 calories, lowering risk of death by 30%, according to a study of 302 adults in their 70s and 80s.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27166402/?pg=1#TDY_Hlth_15signs_live

 

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But I like housekeepers , she keeps me VERY fit! :shake: And even if I were to die, it would be a pleasent way to go! :itold:

 

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Is 12 out of 13 a good score ?

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#2 is stupid. Unless we understand the human body far more than I thought, our likes and dislikes don't affect our life spans.

 

I skip soda, therefore I should at least have a housekeeper.
I am a massive tea drinker.

 

So long as you have a housekeeper.
Otherwise you will be very old and live in squalor.

 

According to that, I could be gone any minute now.

 

Don't care, heart disease runs on my mothers side, I'm fucked by 65.

 

DAMN!!! I hope you get fucked before than.

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My mother-in-law was 40 when my husband was born. He smokes. He drinks. He LOVES red meat. But he's got some mighty fine legs. Mighty fine.

 

I can account for all of those, except I have a nasty addiction to diet soda.

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Actually, tea is loaded with anti-oxidants, and other good stuff. It's not the act of liking tea, but drinking tea and ingesting all of those good things that makes you healthier.

 

funny.

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With all the medical advances coming, anyone under 25 right now will live well beyond 100 years old.

 

Behold, a transhumanist.

 

Is that an insult? I wasnt sure...

But seriously they are like 20-30 (if not shorter) years away from being able to PRINT organs. Need a new heart? They can print one! Liver? Your saved!

The only real question is whether the aging process the brain undergoes can be slowed, or stopped completely. Theres no need to live forever if you have alzheimers.

 

Just making a point that transhumanism is not a rare as one might think,
I would not insult my own beliefs now would I?

 

Yeah, I know, I was just pointing out the bad wording

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Yet, one more BS study, modern "science" is famous for. I hope it was funded well so when researchers will hit 100 y.o., there is going to be enough of cash to pay for all those butt wiping sessions.

 

why BS? I think most of them make perfect sense.

 

What if I drink a WHOLE LOT of red wine? Will that make up for lacking in the other stuff?