Want to Live Longer - from HEALTHbeat

The longest documented human life span is 122 years. Though a life span that long is rare, improvements in medicine, science and technology during the last century have helped more people live longer, healthier lives. So if you want to live longer, maybe you can do the following:

EXERCISE FOR 30 MINUTES SIX TIMES A WEEK.
This can gain 2.4 years of life, even you do not adequately control your blood pressure. But of course, you should always keep your blood pressure to a normal level.

QUIT SMOKING.
Men who smoke a pack a day lose an average of 13 years of life, while women lose 14 years.

EAT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
Fruits and veggies can lengthen your life by 2 - 4 years.

REMEMBER THE FIBER.
For every 10 grams of fiber you consume per day, your risk of heart attack goes down by 14% and risk of death from heart disease drops by 27%. Fiber-rich food also reduce colon cancer.

EAT NUTS.
Eating one-quarter cup of nuts five times a week can add 2.5 years to your life.

ONLY THE "GOOD" FATS PLEASE.
Get 20% of total daily calories from healthful fats (in coconut oil, nuts, fish). Limit saturated fat (butter, red meat, whole milk) to 10% or less. "Good" fats lenthen life by 3 - 5 years.

LOSE WEIGHT.
Excess weight increases the risk of cancer, diabetes, and hypertension. Maintaining your ideal weight for height and age can lengthen your life by 11 years. This is the difference in life span between obese and normal-weight adults.

And if you're sure you've already done too much damage to yourself to hope for a long life, think again. Reasearchers say "I'ts never too late to adopt a healthy lifestyle."