Diet Plans For A Longer Life

 Living a long life is everybody’s dream but living a life healthy is what everyone desire for, so here are certain tips for living a happy and healthy life.

Choose A Healthy Diet

Eat a healthy diet rich in whole grains, vegetables, and fruits, and substitute healthier mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated fats for unhealthy saturated fats and trans fats.

Stop Smoking

Smokers are more prone to heart disease and stroke, and have a 30 to 40 percent chance of developing type 2 diabetes.

Keep Physically Active

Exercise at least 30 minutes, 5 days a week, or 150 minutes every week. Walking, climbing the stairs and doing household chores are simple ways to get the body moving.

Stay Positive

If you choose to see yourself as old and failing, you’ll likely carry yourself that way. The key word is “choose”. You have a choice with how you see everthing in life, including yourself. Even circumstances outside of your control can be managed positively with proper attitude.

Limit Alcohol Intake

Men should have a maximum of two alcoholic drinks per day (maximum one a day for woman). Heavy alcohol intake is linked to chronic diseases such as heart disease and high blood pressure.

Manage Stress And Maintain Good Mental Health

Keep mentally fit even as you age by staying connected with your family and friends, and learning new things like a new language or musical instrument to continue growing and maintaining neural connections.

Go Green

If coffee’s not your thing, go green tea also has proven longevity cred, likely because it contains powerful Anti-oxidants known as catechins that may help combat diabetes and heart disease.

Spice It Up

Eating hot chili peppers may add years to your life. Even a little spice can have health benefits. That’s because the body produces endorphins to reduce the heat from the capsaicin in the peppers; those endorphins also reduce pain and inflammation.

Monitor Yourself

Don’t wait for annual checkups to consider your health first. By then, a small problem could have morphed into a life-threatening illness.

Drink Whole Milk

You’ve been told forever to drink low-fat or skim milk, or go for fat- free yogurt. But research published that those who consumed the most dairy fat had a 50 percent lower risk of developing diabetes, a disease that can shorten your life by 8 to 10 years on average.

Just Add Water

Staying adequately hydrated measured by urine that’s light yellow or straw colored can also help prolong healthy life by reducing the risk of bladder and colon cancer and keeping kidneys in tip-top shape.

Say Yes To That Extra Cup Of Coffee

 Coffee does more than help you wake up; it also reduce your risk of stroke, diabetes and some cancers.

End The Day’s Eating By 9PM

Not only is eating late bad for your waistline, sleeping doesn’t exactly  burn lots of calories – it also increases the risk of heart disease by 55 percent for men ages 45 to 82.

Sleep Well

Not getting enough has been linked to memory problems, hearing problems , anger, high blood pressure, stroke, depression, vehicle accident and obesity.

Take The Stairs Every Day

Researchers found that taking the stairs instead of the elevators reduced the risk of dying prematurely by 15 percent.

Control Stress

Very few thing age us faster than stress, especially chronic stress. We all have stress in our live, and in small doses it can even be beneficial. But when stress is part of our everyday comings and goings, it begins to take its toll. While we will never eliminate stress, there are so many things we can do to reduce it.