Enjoyment of life 'key to living longer' 15 October 2012Last updated at 03:44 ET By Hannah Richardson BBC News education and family reporter The study suggested those who were physically active remained healthy longer Those who enjoy life the most are three times more likely to live a little longer than those who enjoy it the least, a study of ageing suggests. University College London researchers' study of 10,000 English people also suggested future disability and poor health could be predicted by the state of a person's mind. The team said the effects were "large" and independent of age, sex and wealth. Happiness could be used to spot people at risk of ill health, they added. Researchers tracked the psychological well-being of 10,000 people aged 50 to 100 over nine years as part of the university's English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. They interviewed the participants three times between 2002 and 2011, assessing them using three measures of psychological well-being and testing their enjoyment of life with a series of questions.
Besse Cooper, world’s oldest living person offers tips on longevity. Besse Cooper is the oldest person in the world. (The Canadian Press, File) What does it take to live to be the oldest person on the planet? Besse Cooper knows. The American super centenarian celebrated her 116 th birthday on Saturday, a milestone that the Guinness Book of World Records says only eight people have ever reached. The oldest living person — she's held that title since 2011 — celebrated her birthday surrounded by friends and family in the nursing home where she resides in Monroe, Georgia. Cooper was born in Tennessee in 1896, and moved to Monroe to look for work before World War One. She's been living in the small southern city ever since. So what are the secrets to her incredible longevity? Whether it's genes or lifestyle, we can't deny that Cooper offers some sound advice to living to a ripe old age: "I mind my own business," she also says.
[See also: Celebrities who've aged gracefully ] Cooper isn't the only centenarian with tips to share on living an extended lifespan. Okinawa japan longevity. Okinawa’s Longevity Lessons | Blue Zones. February 9, 2012 admin Embrace an ikigai Older Okinawans can readily articulate the reason they get up in the morning. Their purpose-imbued lives gives them clear roles of responsibility and feelings of being needed well into their 100s. Rely on a plant-based diet Older Okinawans have eaten a plant-based diet most of their lives. Their meals of stir-fried vegetables, sweet potatoes, and tofu are high in nutrients and low in calories.
Get gardening Almost all Okinawan centenarians grow or once grew a garden. Eat more soy The Okinawan diet is rich foods made with soy, like tofu and miso soup. Maintain a moai The Okinawan tradition of forming a moai provides secure social networks. Enjoy the sunshine Vitamin D, produced by the body when it’s exposed on a regular basis to sunlight, promotes stronger bones and healthier bodies.
Stay active Older Okinawans are active walkers and gardeners. Plant a medical garden Have an attitude Categories: Blog Posts. Dan Buettner: How to live to be 100+ From 4 Long-lived Cultures, 9 Tips for Longevity. As droves of baby boomers retire or prepare to do so, the generation that never settles is now focused on maximizing health, fulfillment, and longevity.
And the quest for a fountain of youth is getting a renewed surge of interest replete with its own cadre of titles and television shows meant to inspire and guide seekers on the journey to long, "well" lives. In keeping with the trend, Dan Buettner—writer, holder of three Guinness world records in long-distance cycling, and leader of multiple international adventures—brings us The Blue Zone: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest, which hits bookstore shelves today. His book is the culmination of a project that began in 2000 and included a 2005 National Geographic cover story, "The Secrets of Living Longer.
" (The term "blue zone" was coined after a demographer used a blue marker to note the areas on a map where the eldest, healthiest people resided.) U.S. Life expectancy is as much as 10 years greater. Loma Linda Leads in Longevity. If you want a long life, move to Loma Linda. Residents of the small San Bernardino County community (population 21,000) routinely live to 100.
A new study shows American woman are not living as long these days as they did a generation ago, but Loma Linda is bucking the trend. Loma Linda, where the median income is $38,000, is accustomed to the wellness spotlight. In March Loma Linda University hosted a two-day Healthy People conference that included sessions on school garden programs, “Zoning for Zucchini” and “The High Cost of Cheap Food.”
The University, operated by Seventh Day Adventists, focuses on health sciences. Among the programs it offers is a Healthy Neighborhoods Project that provides outreach to “eliminate health disparities among residents.” The benefits of the healthy lifestyle followed by Seventh Day Adventists – who make up a sizeable portion of the Loma Linda population – is well documented, said Sylvie Welhausen, a clinical nutritionist at the university.
Secrets of the World's Oldest Family - Page 1. <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy Consolata Melis, whose family has been officially declared the longest-living family in the world, celebrates her 105th birthday today, and it's a party in her small remote hill town on the island of Sardinia. Four of Melis' eight siblings -- three brothers and five sisters -- are in their 90s, three are in their 80s and "la piccolina" (the little one) is 78. On June 10, all nine a combined age of 818 years, 205 days, and received a certificate from the Guinness World Records for "highest combined age, nine living siblings. " It took years of research to establish that the Melis' family holds that title.
Melis' family, a crowd made up of her siblings, nine children, 24 grandchildren, 25 great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren, gathers for a private celebration at her home this evening to share a large cake topped with candles. Carta agreed. Power 9® | Blue Zones. By Dan Buettner Life expectancy of an American born today averages 78.2 years. But this year, over 70,000 Americans have reached their 100th birthday. What are they doing that the average American isn’t (or won’t?) To answer the question, we teamed up with National Geographic to find the world’s longest-lived people and study them. We knew most of the answers lied within their lifestyle and environment (The Danish Twin Study established that only about 20% of how long the average person lives is determined by genes.).
Then we worked with a team of demographers to find pockets of people around the world with the highest life expectancy, or with the highest proportions of people who reach age 100. We found five places that met our criteria: We then assembled a team of medical researchers, anthropologists, demographers, and epidemiologists to search for evidence-based common denominators among all places. 1. The world’s longest-lived people don’t pump iron, run marathons or join gyms. 2. 3. 9 Foods That Will Make You Live Forever...Almost" Broccoli is a wonder food. High in fiber, it's also a great dietary source of two B vitamins, folate and riboflavin, as well as potassium, iron and vitamin C. Even though it's not orange, broccoli contains high amounts of anti-aging beta carotene and lutein. All these nutrients boost your health, but some have special functions.
Folate is essential for cell reproduction and formation of hemoglobin that oxygenates red blood cells. Like antioxidants, it fights cancer and heart disease. Riboflavin aids metabolism, gives you energy, and is necessary to make other vitamins function in your body. Every cell in your body contains iron. UK | Magazine | The towns where people live the longest. Each town reveals something different about aging The quest to live longer is one of humanity's oldest dreams and three isolated communities seem to have stumbled across the answer. So what can they teach us about a longer life? Something remarkable links the remote Japanese island of Okinawa, the small Sardinian mountain town of Ovodda and Loma Linda in the US. People live longer in these three places than anywhere else on earth.
At an age when the average Briton is predicted to die - 77 years for men and 81 for women - inhabitants of these three places are looking forward to many more years of good health. Often they're still working in jobs as demanding as heart surgery. Okinawa has a population of one million and of those 900 are centenarians, four times higher than the average in Britain or America. But what is even more intriguing is that each community is distinct from the others and raises a different theory as to why residents live longer. Here is a selection of your comments. Long-Lived Costa Ricans Offer Secrets to Reaching 100. April 14, 2008 At the age of 102, Abuela Panchita is still a social butterfly. The centenarian, who lives on Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula, has a solid support network of friends and family, which includes a son in his eighties who visits her every morning on his bicycle.
Her age and sociability are no coincidence, said Dan Buettner, an explorer and book author who has studied Panchita and other elderly Costa Ricans. "We know that people who make it to a hundred tend to be nice," he said. "They … drink from the fountain of life by being likeable and drawing people to them. " Buettner has explored and studied the world's centenarian hot spots—which he calls blue zones—over the past several years. The findings appear in a new book, The Blue Zone: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest. (Buettner has also received funding from the National Geographic Society, which owns National Geographic News.) (Read about Buettner's work in National Geographic Magazine.) Blue Zones. The Greek island of old age. 6 January 2013Last updated at 19:08 ET By Andrew Bomford BBC News, Ikaria, Greece The inhabitants of a small Greek island live on average 10 years longer than the rest of western Europe.
So what's the secret to long life in Ikaria? It could be the fresh air and the friendly, easy-going, open-door lifestyle. It could be fresh vegetables and goat's milk. It could be the mountainous terrain. It could even be the natural radiation in the granite rocks. "It's the wine," he says, over a mid-morning glass at his kitchen table. Stamatis celebrated his 98th birthday on New Year's Day. "Do you drink it all yourself? " The wine, and convivial days spent with friends and family, helped make Stamatis a poster-boy for the healing effects of Ikaria. Continue reading the main story Ikaria "At the time it was very expensive to have a funeral there," he remembers. By now he has a twinkle in his eye, and is in full flow. "I found my friends in the village where I was born, and we started drinking. Sardinian siblings aged 818 officially the world's oldest.
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