If you want to live a longer, healthier, and happier life, the key to doing so is simple: Live a healthy lifestyle. New research reveals that taking care of yourself in all aspects adds about 7 years to your life expectancy. You should eat the right foods in the proper portion amounts, exercise, avoid smoking and drinking alcohol, and enjoy your life to the fullest, but how can you do it? The information you need is here.

Key Takeaways:

• The study, which analyzed data for more than 14,000 U.S. individuals, found that never-smokers who were not obese lived 4-5 years longer than the general population
• The results of the analysis further indicated that individuals who also consumed alcohol moderately lived seven more disability-free years than the general population
• The researchers noted that each of the three unhealthy behaviours – obesity, smoking, and unhealthy consumption of alcohol – was linked to a reduction in life expectancy

“People who do not smoke, are not obese, and consume alcohol moderately can expect to live seven years longer than the general population, and to spend most of these extra years in good health, according to a new study published today in Health Affairs.”

Read more: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/m-ahl072017.php