These five healthy habits could extend your life by a dozen years or more, study says [latimes.com]

Alicia Doktor 5/2/184:00 AM

You know that getting exercise, eating vegetables and quitting smoking are good for you. A new study shows just how good they are, in terms of the number of years they can add to your life.

American women who followed five "healthy lifestyle factors" lived about 14 years longer than women who followed none of them, according to a report published Monday in the journal Circulation. For men, the difference was about 12 years.

The five healthy lifestyle factors identified in the study should come as no surprise to anyone: eating a nutritious diet, exercising at least 30 minutes a day, maintaining a healthy weight, not smoking, and drinking in moderation.

[For more on this story by KAREN KAPLAN, go to http://www.latimes.com/science...-20180430-story.html]

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