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Heart Disease: For both U.S. men and women, the leading
cause of death
Cancer: The second largest killer of American men and
women
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Sardinian male centenarians- PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
seemed to avoid bone loss and fractures. One Italian study has shown that
Sardinian centenarians reported less than half as many fractures as the
average Italian centenarian.
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Take a walk.
Walking five miles a day or more as Sardinian shepherds do provides all the
cardiovascular benefits you might expect, and also has a positive effect on
muscle and bone metabolism without the joint-pounding of running
marathons or triathlons.
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Okinawans eat an average of three ounces of soy products per day. Tofu,
their main source of soy, may play a role in reducing the risk of heart
disease.
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“Insufficient vitamin D markedly accelerates heart disease in kidney
patients. For everyone, without enough vitamin D, bones become brittle,
key hip and leg muscles become weak, and the chance of falling and
breaking bones soars. When people this old break hips,” Greg nodded
toward Gozei, “they usually die very quickly.”
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Time feels like the simplest way to bring structure to our lives. When the clock moves forward, it creates the possibility of being late. It helps us make sense of the rising and setting of the sun, and of the cycles of life and death. On the most basic level, time offers an explanation for how things unfold. It helps us express sorrow for a child lost too soon, whose future was full of promise. At the same time, it allows us to feel contentment when looking back on a life fully lived, having made the most of our time.
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