6 Healthy Habits to Help You Live Longer

While the Mediterranean diet tends to get most of the glory in the health landscape—as the best diet of 2023, as a way of life that’s ideal to support heart health and as a terrific option for individuals diagnosed with type 2 diabetes—it’s not the only lifestyle that can help boost longevity.


There are people from a handful of communities across the globe who live just as long, says Dan Buettner, a Miami-based National Geographic fellow and the author of The Blue Zones American Kitchen. As the founder of the Blue Zones project in 2000, he pulled together medical

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5 things neuroscientists do to keep their brains healthy

Computer animated brain sitting in a chair reading a book.

Your brain is a part of your body. It’s important to keep your body healthy if you want to protect your brain.Westend61 / Getty Images

  • Neuroscientists explain how they keep healthy brains with regular exercise, enough sleep, and more.

  • Keeping your brain healthy is important for delaying neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s.

  • Neuroscientists’ additional advice includes keeping close friendships and trying new things.

In a viral TikTok video with more than 10 million views, neuroscience PhD student Emily McDonald discusses three things she does every day to protect her brain — stay off her phone in the morning, think positive

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The Best And Worst Hot Dogs At The Grocery Store, Ranked By Nutritionists

All processed meats are a health risk ― they’ve been linked to certain types of cancer, like colorectal cancer, because of the way they’re preserved. But there are several types of meat that offer less risk than the standard beef hot dog, Avena said. Look for a label that indicates whole beef, turkey, or chicken, as opposed to mechanically processed and separated meats.

Another important factor is sodium content. “Choose hot dogs that have less than 400 mg (or less than 20% of the daily value) of sodium per serving,” says Gretchen Zimmermann, senior director of cardiometabolic care for Vida

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Ultimate Father’s Day gift: Son donates kidney to save his dad’s life

Some dads might get gift cards, steak dinners or new golf clubs for Father’s Day.

Yet Jose Calixto, 56, received something far more significant for the occasion this year.

A few weeks ago, Jonathan Calixto, 30, saved his father’s life by donating a healthy kidney.

“I never hesitated,” the son told Fox News Digital.

FATHERHOOD IS ‘HEROIC ROLE’ FOR MEN, SAYS FILMMAKER AND DEFENDER OF DADS JOHN PAPOLA

Ahead of Father’s Day weekend, father and son reveal how the operation changed their lives.

Easy decisions

Jose Calixto, a porter at a New York City building, learned he had kidney disease

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From chewing gum to eating too much veg – 9 ‘healthy’ habits that could do MORE harm than good

THOUGHT you lived a relatively healthy life?

It turns out there are several habits many of us think are doing us the world of good, when in fact they could actually be getting in the way of you staying healthy.

Thought you were making a healthy choice?  It can be tough discerning what is and isn't healthy

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Thought you were making a healthy choice? It can be tough discerning what is and isn’t healthycredit: Getty

These experts share the common mistakes that many of us may be making…

1. Eating too many high-histamine foods

You may only know of the word ‘histamine’ from packets of antihistamines, often taken during allergy season.

Hannah Braye, Nutritionist at

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Second chance at life: Scientists find a way to make damaged hearts young again

DURHAM, NC — Researchers at Duke University may one day give countless heart attack patients a second chance for a healthy life. Using rodents, study authors have revealed a potential way to turn back the clock following a heart attack.

The human heart is capable of incredible feats, beating over 100,000 times and pumping over 2,000 gallons of blood throughout the body on a daily basis, but it isn’t quite as skilled when it comes to post heart attack recovery. Cardiovascular disease (which includes having a heart attack) is the leading cause of death on a global scale. The research

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Healthy Life: Healthy lunchbox ideas | Food

When my daughter started kindergarten it was the first time ever I had to pack her lunch. In daycare, lunch was always provided and that made my life much easier! So I lengthen lunch ideas. My son was very easy and would eat leftovers or sandwiches but my daughter was a bit more particular. Plus she needed three snacks and a lunch for each day of school.

It’s not too difficult to keep kids’ lunches and snacks healthy and fresh. Most of these items are things that you can make in advance and store easily. It’s always a good idea

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Arthritis Research Canada Strength Training Study Stands to Help People with Arthritis Build More Than Muscle

VANCOUVER, BC, March 9, 2023 /CNW/ – Strength training is safe for people with arthritis. It also comes with many benefits such as improved mental health, reduced pain, fatigue and swelling, as well as decreased risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

Yet, only a third of the general population participates in regular strength training, and that number is even lower among people with arthritis.

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