These good-for-you activities can help you live longer — and the good news is, you might already be doing some of them.
Go green: Gardeners are less stressed and live longer. “If you garden, you're getting low-intensity physical activity most days and work routinely.
Reading: “Older individuals, regardless of gender, health status, wealth or education, showed the survival advantage of reading books.
Listening or playing music: Music reduces anxiety, blood pressure, pain, and improves sleep, mood, mental sharpness, and memory.
Dancing: Dancing is mainly linked to physical health benefits. “But when you dance, you coordinate your body movements, which activates several brain regions.”
Exercise: Exercise lowers blood pressure, slows heart rate, reduces stress, and releases feel-good chemicals in the brain. So it's no exercise boosts health and longevity.”
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