Want to Live to 100? Read this!
6 secrets to living a long, healthy and happy life
by Julie D. Andrews
Call off the search for a fountain of youth. Making simple tweaks to your everyday lifestyle can tack eight to 10 years onto your life, says Dan Buettner in his National Geographic bestseller, The Blue Zones.
With a team of demographers and doctors, the explorer traveled to four corners of the globe—Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Loma Linda, California; and, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica—where high percentages of the population are laughing, living and loving well into their 100s.
As he got to know the village centenarians, interviewing them and observing their daily routines, Buettner unraveled these six secrets to their supercharged health and longevity. Read on to discover the good habits that can lengthen your life.
Laugh out loud. "One thing stood out in every group of centenarians I met—there wasn't a grump in the bunch," says Buettner. Laughter doesn't just reduce worry. It also relaxes blood vessels, lowering the risk of heart attack, says Buettner citing University of Maryland research.
