Making key changes to your lifestyle can keep you looking younger and healthier.
It's obvious to everyone, that lack of exercise, drinking too much, smoking and being over weight is going to create health problems. But, do we really consider what they actual affects of these will have in increases our chances of dying early.
A group of researchers from the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health and Human Services, joined together to examine this question. They've been looking at the many factors which may possibly influence the life expectancy of older women, either by increasing or decreasing it.
The researchers said about the purpose of study that: "Our goal was to assess the relative strength and joint contributions of factors on the risk of death in postmenopausal women". They were specifically examining the factors that were affecting life expectancy, which could easily be adjusted by simple changes to diet or increasing exercise.
What contributes most to a long life?
The study was large, consisting of almost 18,000 women, who had an average of 68.
Of all the high risk factors, those that could be changed easily were: smoking, being overweight with fat stored in the abdominal area, being unfit, and having high blood pressure.
What can you do reduce these risk factors?
Fortunately, the researchers demonstrated that a few relatively small changes to your lifestyle can have a significant impact on not just your health, but also your life expectancy.
Including:
Begin exercising. All forms of exercise are good for you, in moderation of course. And did you know that even just a 30 minute walk each day has been proven to lower blood pressure, reduce the progression of dementia and diabetes, reduces depression and anxiety, as well as reducing arthritic pain. It also helps you lose weight, which takes us to the next points.
Keeping a healthy weight. It was noted that it's important to lose that 'tummy fat', studies indicate that having fat round the waist increase the chances of heart disease.
Balancing high blood pressure, this can be achieved by exercise, cutting back on sugary, salty and fatty foods, and by not smoking.
Time to stop smoking. If you're somebody that smokes, they consider stopping. It significantly reduces the chances of being affected by cancers and heart disease.
In considering these four factors, the researchers pointed out that smoking was perhaps the most damaging to your health, causing 25% of cancer deaths in women. The researchers said: "The strong association of smoking with mortality is a critical reminder that smoking is the most important modifiable risk factor that physicians and society should address, even in older women." (Arch Intern Med 2006;2469-77)
It's obvious to everyone, that lack of exercise, drinking too much, smoking and being over weight is going to create health problems. But, do we really consider what they actual affects of these will have in increases our chances of dying early.
A group of researchers from the National Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health and Human Services, joined together to examine this question. They've been looking at the many factors which may possibly influence the life expectancy of older women, either by increasing or decreasing it.
The researchers said about the purpose of study that: "Our goal was to assess the relative strength and joint contributions of factors on the risk of death in postmenopausal women". They were specifically examining the factors that were affecting life expectancy, which could easily be adjusted by simple changes to diet or increasing exercise.
What contributes most to a long life?
The study was large, consisting of almost 18,000 women, who had an average of 68.
Of all the high risk factors, those that could be changed easily were: smoking, being overweight with fat stored in the abdominal area, being unfit, and having high blood pressure.
What can you do reduce these risk factors?
Fortunately, the researchers demonstrated that a few relatively small changes to your lifestyle can have a significant impact on not just your health, but also your life expectancy.
Including:
Begin exercising. All forms of exercise are good for you, in moderation of course. And did you know that even just a 30 minute walk each day has been proven to lower blood pressure, reduce the progression of dementia and diabetes, reduces depression and anxiety, as well as reducing arthritic pain. It also helps you lose weight, which takes us to the next points.
Keeping a healthy weight. It was noted that it's important to lose that 'tummy fat', studies indicate that having fat round the waist increase the chances of heart disease.
Balancing high blood pressure, this can be achieved by exercise, cutting back on sugary, salty and fatty foods, and by not smoking.
Time to stop smoking. If you're somebody that smokes, they consider stopping. It significantly reduces the chances of being affected by cancers and heart disease.
In considering these four factors, the researchers pointed out that smoking was perhaps the most damaging to your health, causing 25% of cancer deaths in women. The researchers said: "The strong association of smoking with mortality is a critical reminder that smoking is the most important modifiable risk factor that physicians and society should address, even in older women." (Arch Intern Med 2006;2469-77)
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