If you want to live longer, retire late

BEACON TRANSCRIPT – We are sorry to bring you such news, but if you want to live a longer life, retire late. Are you close to that golden age of retirement and already making plans on how you’re going to spend all that free time? Thinking about buying a van and traveling the world alone

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Find out why women live longer than men

Written by the Deccan Chronicle. Washington: It’s queer but true – women have a longer lifespan compared to men. Researchers Steven Austad and Kathleen Fischer of the University of Alabama explored this riddle in their latest perspective piece. “Humans are the only species in which one sex is known to have a ubiquitous survival advantage,”
Altering perception of food may help you live longer

Article courtesy of DNA India. It is well documented that calorie restriction (CR) has extended lifespan on countless species and now, a team of researchers are claiming that altering the perception of food can also give the same result. Researchers at the Buck Institute showed a new effect on ageing via a small drug-like molecule

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11 Foods That Can Help You Live Longer, According To Science

Article courtesy of Carina Wolff for Bustle. When it comes to our diets, we tend to focus on foods that can help boost our energy levels and clear our skin. However, what we eat affects almost everything, and certain foods can even help us live longer, in addition to making us feel great. Keeping a healthy

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Vegetarians Live 3.5 Years Longer Than Meat Eaters

Article courtesy of Shape.com. Whether you choose to eat meat or have hopped on the vegetarian bandwagon, you’ve probably recognized that the debate between which is the healthier way to go can get real personal real fast. But the battle between meat eaters and die-hard vegetarians might end in a winner-takes-all veggie victory, according to

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Seniors: Pump Iron, Live Longer

You probably already know that strength training, such as lifting weights or doing pushups, is good for you, but now new research suggests it may help you live longer, too. When people 65 and older did strength training twice a week, they lowered their odds of dying from any cause by almost half during a

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Reduce sitting time to live longer: study

Article courtesy of Deccan Herald. Reducing daily sitting time by one to two hours could have a significant and positive impact on future cardiovascular health, scientists, including one of Indian-origin suggest. Researchers found that sedentary behaviour is associated with increased amounts of calcium deposits in heart arteries, which in turn is associated with a higher

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Can mindfulness stop the struggle and have you living longer

With advancements in technology, medicine and education we are living longer and healthier, but it’s not just the sciences that can pump up your longevity. As it turns out there might be some truth to the saying that positive people live longer, and a thing called ‘mindfulness meditation’ is just one technique to help get

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