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Home / Health News / Revealed — 5 simple steps to live a healthy, long life

Revealed — 5 simple steps to live a healthy, long life

By: Shraddha Rupavate   | | Published: October 31, 2014 7:15 pm
Tags: In the news  Lifestyle  
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A new study revealed five simple lifestyle rules that promote a healthy, long life — exercising regularly, maintaining a healthy weight, minimal alcohol consumption, sensible eating and avoiding smoking. Also Read - 5 simple changes to make to improve your mental health

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The study, conducted over a period of 35 years in 30 men, concluded that these five rules guarantee longevity, reported Daily Express. These men followed the recommended steps for living a healthy life and unlike today when people get diagnosed with lifestyle disorders like diabetes and heart disease, they developed a disease at a much older age compared to men who neglected a healthy lifestyle. (Read: 5 lifestyle diseases that are common in India) Also Read - 7 reasons why the #BeefBan is good

It was also found that a healthy lifestyle reduces the risk of developing diabetes by 70%, heart attack, stroke and dementia by 60%, and cancer by 40%.

According to general practitioner (GP) Ian Campbell, the study findings are a wake-up call for people and also for officials of National Health Service (NHS). He asserted that people should be encouraged to adopt these principles. (Read: Lifestyle diseases on the rise in urban India)

In an era, where we rely on medical advancements and continue to lead a stressful life, we have forgotten that a healthy lifestyle is the most powerful drug that could preventing illness and improve life expectancy. (Read: Healthy lifestyle may prevent heart disease in 4 out 5 men)

Source: ANI

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Published : October 31, 2014 7:15 pm
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