living longer

Do Healthy Choices Matter?

Posted on 10/2/2012 by | AARP Blog Author | Comments

Food | Personal Health | Your Life  Felice Shapiro is a writer, entrepreneur, and publisher as well as the founder of Better After 50, a weekly online magazine. In addition to being a teacher and avid runner, hiker, and yogi, she is an AARP contributor. When something good happens to me it’s because I’m good. When something bad happens to me it’s because the world or something out there is bad. When something bad happens to someone else it’s because they’re inherently bad. When something good happens …

“The Recipe for Longevity…”

Posted on 07/28/2010 by | Archived Contributor | Comments

Home & FamilyI came across this article in Time this morning and found it so interesting – check it out! Ever wonder the ingredients to living longer? Sure there is the typical advice: eat healthy, exercise, don’t smoke… but have you ever considered that having lots of friends might actually be beneficial to your health and longevity? According to this article and researchers at Brigham Young University and the University of North Carolina, who pooled data from 148 studies on the topic, …

Dan Buettner: Living Longer

Posted on 10/23/2009 by | General News | Comments

Personal HealthFrom Bernard Ohanian Dan Buettner, author and researcher known for his work on “Blue Zones” — places around the world where higher percentages of people than normal live long and fulfilled lives — talked about his work in the Blue Zones and with the Vitality Project in Albert Lea, Minn. He also added several tips for a longer and more fulfilling life, including: 1) Not exercising, but instead incorporating natural movement into your life: walking, raking leaves, getting up to …