his best known work was a study of almost 7,000 people. he examined their behavior over long periods of time. dr. breslow used quantitative analysis to prove that a 45-year-old
with at least 6 of 7 healthy habits had a life expectancy 11 years longer than someone with 3 or fewer.
here are the healthy habits -
1. get regular exercise and control your weight
2. don't smoke or abuse drugs
3. don't drink a lot of alcohol. avoid alcohol completely if you have a history of alcoholism.
4. eat a balanced and healthy diet.
5. take care of your teeth.
6. manage high blood pressure.
7. follow good safety practices.
the link above has information about each habit.
here is a link to his ny times obituary.
how are you doing on these habits? here we are always working on nutrition. drinking chocolate shakes, but eating lots of veggies. i also highly recommend chocolats latour. after all, dark chocolate is a health food, right?
joy and good health to you.
Some of those things I'm great on. Some I need some work on. Some I need a lot of work on. And the dark chocolate I think I could always work on! Happy weekend to you, dear!
ReplyDeleteCan only tick of three of those for sure, plus one I sorta ok at. Gotta work on it.
ReplyDeleteAlways, always a struggle to maintain a healthy lifestyle. I like to eat things that aren't so healthy and even though I don't have a weight problem 5-10lbs sneaks up on me easily, then I have to regroup and get back on track. I'm going to save that list of his!
ReplyDeleteit is a challenging list! let's just keep working on these, and try to help each other stay on track.
ReplyDeleteNot doing so well with the healthy habits, but i'm trying to change! I started excercising with a physio therapist (I started earlier, but then I got sick and sick and sick, but this week I got back on track), I don't smoke,I eat healthy food AND unhealthy, I don't think I drink too much and I don't have hight blood pressure. But I think you are much more healthy than me, with your running and beeing active. But I WILL get healthier this year!
ReplyDeleteI think I'm following rules 1-7 pretty well, more or less. I better read the good doctor's rule in more depth to see how he defines "a lot" of alcohol. I do love red wine.
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