Skip to main content

10 curiosities to live longer

We all know that healthy eating, a little exercise and taking our lives in another way without so much stress will help us live longer and we will have less chance of getting diseases.But you want to know some habits that you might not know they were so important and that can help you have a better quality of life and live longer? We give you 10.

10 curiosities to live longer

1.Sleep just enough

You have to sleep at least 6 hours for REM phases , the repairers of the organism.That if both sin as much as little, sleeping more than 9 hours raises up to 30% the risk of premature death.Also if we go to bed early , our blood pressure is reduced in just 6 weeks or so says the Harvard Business School.

2.The fruit at room temperature

Fruit out of the fridge does not lose the beta carotene or the lycopene .That's the fruit of the time from now on!

3.Keep your teeth clean

New York University says keeping our teeth clean prevents bacteria responsible for mouth inflammations from nesting which can eventually result in damage to the arteries , diabetes and alzheimer.

4.Canta

Singing reduces depression, stress and coronary heart disease according to the University of Hull, UK.

10 curiosities to live longer

So sing even if it's bad!

5.Always tell the truth

Anita kelly de la University of Notre Dame, the United States tells us what harms us to lie: it increases the stress , causes us tachycardias , predisposes us to have more pains of head , throat and joints in addition to slowing down digestion.Before lying you have to think twice.

6.Give importance to silence

Your body will thank 20 minutes a day silently simply or meditating, leaving your mind blank and forgetting l mobile, reduces anxiety up to 25% (Thomas Jefferson University in the US)

7.Sonrie

According to Wayne State University in the US, smiling extends life until nothing more and nothing less than 7 years ; This is because the cortisol stress hormone decreases, also making the chances of heart attack according to a study by the journal Neurobiology of aging.

10 curiosities to live longer

So let's try to smile more.

8.Caste

They say that married people live longer than single people or at least Ilene Siegler of the Duke University , USA.We assume they will be married and happy!

9.Make peace

According to Harvard Medical School up to 91% of men over 50 years old who don't get along with their parents end the high tension .The truth is that one He feels more than comfortable when he stops being angry with someone.Nothing better than having a soul in peace.

10.Lift the back of the chair!

Being sitting less than 3 hours in a row every day, extends life a couple of years (BMJ Open).Do what you can , if your job is to sit down, take a spin around the office from time to time, don't forget it!

If you like this type of article, don't miss 5 foods that can literally kill you

Image: Marina del Castell, Gustavo Miranda, Hersson Piratoba

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

The Amazon: an eco-police novel

Lifestyle invites you to fly over the Amazon rainforest, to see closely part of what happens in it. The Castanheira case In August 2014, the Brazilian Federal Police and prosecutors of the Brazilian Institute of the Environment (IBAMA) started an operation called “Castanheira”, whose objective was to dismantle a band, responsible for approximately 10% of the deforestation occurred in the Brazilian Amazon during the last two years. Amazon jungle The band, made up of some fifteen members and whose ramifications reached the city of São Paulo , illegally occupied lots wooded in the Amazonian states of Para, they cut it down and burned, and then they sold the land-with false papers-to farmers to be used as grasslands . It is estimated that, before issuing capture orders, this group deforested 3,400 hectares of forest weekly , an amount that is not negligible.The operation concluded in February of this year when the leader of the band was captured, Ezequiel Antonio Cast...

Asian women: I want to have eyes like Westerners!

As the famous saying goes: "We want everything we don't have." But sometimes desires reach quasi-desperate and difficult to understand quotas.One of the most characteristic features of Asian women and perhaps one of the most beautiful are, without a doubt, his slanted eyes. We may see most of us, as Westerners, attractive with those characteristics of Korean, Chinese and Japanese women.lately they seem to be rebelling against those characteristics of their people.What they get to do to look like Western women is sure to surprise you... Square eyes, please No we have more to remember the always attractive anime drawings. Young with long legs, striking colored hair and, of course, splendid eyes of very square lines. It is almost always difficult for us Guess in them the oriental features or asiati cos.Simplely, they delight us with wide looks like windows where obviously, no girl can identify herself. The beauty canons are always very oriented to the Weste...

John Gray, the authentic Dorian Gray who died for love

Surely you have also read Oscar Wilde's famous work, «The portrait of Dorian Gray». Few literary characters have been so revered and admired, few have represented that image of the Adonis de la perfect beauty that squeezes its life to the fullest, falling into the purest corruption, but in turn, projecting those sins in another dimension "very special", in a place that is hidden in the eyes of society. It can be considered Oscar Wilde's top work, but what many do not know is that Dorian's character was based on someone very special in his personal circle: John Gray . John Gray, the poet, the lover and the priest who died for love John Gray was an exceptionally cultured and attractive young man.Two dimensions certainly adorable for someone of Oscar Wilde's exquisite and original mood.To give you some small strokes of how this young man was, we will tell you that thanks to him he met in Ing later to the French symbolist poets. John Gray was a reput...

A free spirit, the story of Christopher McCandless

Christopher McCandless is one of those strange heroes who symbolize the value of self-improvement, the love of nature and, why not, that point of admirable rebellion that many adore, but few dare to put into practice. Leave everything, a promising career, friends, and a good future in exchange for a humble life without artifice in nature? That's what Christopher McCandless did, who after having graduated in history and anthropology at Emory University, thought that the time had come.That moment in which to answer your questions, to challenge yourself, and nurture all the existential gaps he had always experienced throughout his life. Before doing so, before starting his odyssey in Alaska, as he himself baptized it, he donated everything he had saved (about $ 24,000) to a charitable organization.He undertook his lightweight luggage adventure , but full, very full of dreams to fulfill...Although not everything went as well as he thought. Alexander's adventure «Supertram...

Brackets: 8 myths and curiosities

In Lifestyle we talk to you once about wisdom teeth.This time we want to continue investigating your teeth and look at an object that many people have used and use: braces.That metal apparatus that the orthodontists apply to align our teeth and leave us with a Hollywood smile.Isn't there a lot of myths around this object? Are they magnetic? Can two people who wear them get stuck if they kiss? Let's solve these "legends" of orthodontics! 1.A very strong magnet can attract brackets or stick to them This conception is FALSE . Brackets are currently made of a mixture of titanium and nickel or copper. This technology was developed by NASA, who made sure that no Magnetic outside . 2.Brackets being metallic activate the metal arches of airports This conception is FALSE . We can breathe easy.The brackets are made with materials that do not affect the metal detectors, nor the extra sensitive ones we find in the airports.If the detector sounds i...

She had a mysterious lump on her face ... it turned out to be something disturbing

Checking the main page of Facebook, it is very certain that you have encountered these unusual stories of people who have housed bugs, such as cockroaches, worms or spiders, for months, somewhere in the body.Russia had to experience this nightmare, so unpleasant and frightening.His case has sown a bit of paranoia among Internet users, as it all started with a mysterious lump under the eye, seemingly harmless, which ended up being something unimaginable. Mysterious bulge in the face of a Russian woman A 32-year-old Russian woman documents through photographs what was happening to her face.The first thing she noticed was a small elevation under the left eye that could be anything, like mud or cellulite, but in its case, the mysterious lump seemed to have a life of its own: it could move! Can you imagine looking at yourself in the mirror and seeing that a part of your face is being removed? Surely you would visit the doctor immediately, or at least this would be the most prudent...

The 10 best YouTube channels to travel

It is not a secret that the Internet has become little less than essential when planning a trip and looking for information about the destinations we have in mind.That is why we present in this post the best YouTube channels for travel that we have found on the web, so you can have fun and get help if you want to travel the world. The 10 best YouTube channels to travel Prepare your luggage and have your passport ready , that with these best YouTube channels you will have everything you need to travel. 1.Hombrelobo trips Eduardo, that is what this traveler youtuber is called, is a Spanish that has already uploaded a few thousand videos to the web, with incredible itineraries that include Mediterranean cruises, European cities and adventurous bike tours. To visit their channel, click here-> https ://www.youtube.com/user/minilobo/videos 2.Mibauldeblogstv In 2013, this channel that already has several thousand subscribers emerged; offers all kinds of information about th...

The man who travels around the world almost for free

Before moving on to the article we would like to remind you that we have launched a YouTube channel and that we would be very happy if you subscribed to watch our videos, you can click here–> YouTube Lifestyle Would you like to travel all over the world without spending a lot of money? What for some is a dream for Ben Schlappig is a reality.Find out how he does it. Living between hotels and airports The American Ben Schlappig describes himself as a without a voluntary roof and is that in the last 18 months he has lived in hotels.The young man passes around 305 nights in hotels and the other 60 in airplanes , not in vain he decided to leave his apartment and devote himself fully to his great passion that is to travel. The question many ask themselves is: how do you achieve it? Despite being an exhausting lifestyle and it seems very expensive this young man is almost free.His secret lies in accumulate miles of frequent passenger programs. For many frequen...

4 changes that heartbreak usually leaves in your brain

Love is one of the most intense emotions that human beings can experience, so much that it is capable of giving us the most sublime happiness to the most absolute devastation, that which, sometimes, Add in depressions and that closes, in more extreme cases, our spirits for interacting with the world. Now, can heartbreak vary in some way the neurochemistry of our brain? Of course, and so intensely that it will make us emerge stronger or not from this grieving process that we have all lived or will live, surely, sometime. Heartbreak hurts , there is no doubt, but the way in which we each face it in our day to day will make us leave before that complex process internally.And during that time, our brain will undergo various changes. We explain them to you. The danger of disappointment After a break, after a separation, it is common for this sensation to appear ion: the disappointment.We are not disappointed to have sounded a certain type of future and find others.We ...

Infant milk | The importance of growing milk

The feeding of children has a direct influence on their growth, which is why it is one of the issues that most worries mothers and fathers.Although milk is a basic food from the moment of birth, babies who do not reach one year of age cannot consume cow's milk , since their organisms have not reached enough maturity to assimilate it, and ingesting it could pose a risk to their health. Therefore, when children do not feed on breast milk, infant milk comes into play, highlighting more specifically the growth milk, that is taken after approximately 12 months.Do you want to know all the details about growing milk? In Lifestyle we tell you its importance, and the details you should know, do not miss it! Children's milk | Everything you need to know about growth milks Growing milk, which begins to be taken from one year of age and can be maintained until approximately three years, is made from skimmed cow's milk and born as intermediate step between continuation milk ...