Why Relationships Are the Secret to Healthy Aging [greatergood.berkeley.edu]

Alicia Doktor 9/17/1812:00 PM

Plenty of exercise. Healthy food. Positive attitude. Plain old good luck. There’s lots of advice out there about how to keep body and brain in optimal shape as the years roll by.

But Louis Cozolino, professor of psychology at Pepperdine University, is deeply engaged with another idea. In Timeless: Nature’s Formula for Health and Longevity, he emphasizes the positive impact of human relationships.

“Of all the experiences we need to survive and thrive, it is the experience of relating to others that is the most meaningful and important,” he writes.

[For more on this story by KARIN EVANS, go to https://greatergood.berkeley.e...ret_to_healthy_aging]

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