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Don't smoke, don't drink, do exercises regularly, try to keep learning and challenge your brain. Find one or more hobbies that relax you and good, honest friends who like you for who you are.
I agree with all this, except “don’t drink”. 2 drinks a week will very unlikely to lead you to you poor health in your 30s-50s, and likely well beyond that.
https://thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2818%293...
- Avoid excessive alcohol consumption
- Avoid fast food, excessive salt and sugar, deep fried dishes
- Avoid excessive stress and worrying
Besides that, focus on the basics:
- Consistent and restful sleep
- Healthy, balanced diet
- Regular exercise
- Novel and mentally-stimulating activities, continuous learning
- Strong social connections (not just online social networks, but actual friends and family you can hang out with in-person)
If you want even more, there have been studies about 5 blue zones where inhabitants regularly reach ages of 100 or more, and 9 habits they follow: https://www.bluezones.com/2016/11/power-9/
1. Move naturally: build exercise into your daily life
2. Purpose: a reason to wake up in the morning
3. Downshift: Routines that shed stress
4. Only eat until you are 80% full. Consider occasionally fasting.
5. Plant and bean-based diet
6. Moderate (1-2 cups/day) consumption of alcohol
7. Faith
8. Close family connections
9. Social circles that support healthy behaviors
https://www.faculty.umb.edu/alexandrine_noel/AlexINFO/newsta...
If you're looking for books, search for Adventist health books, there are a lot of free resources online.
There is a huge amount riding on the invisible hand you have already been dealt. All you can do is to some extent improve or worsen the outcome. Some old people take credit for their survival and fitness but the dead ones who did the same don't speak.
'The Whole Foods Diet: The Lifesaving Plan for Health and Longevity':
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06X6LPQH9/ref=dbs_a_def_r...
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how do you avoid social media if you use it for your business?
Constrain your use to your business needs. I technically am on social media but inactive (unless we count HN, not sure I do). If I'm dealing with businesses that insist on using, say, FB then I go to their FB page and that's it. I don't view other people's feeds, I rarely look at my own FB wall page. If you're posting to drum up business, then just post to drum up business. Stay out of the personal and political stuf…
so i need to use my personal profile to build relationships and sell. this means i get pulled into personal use of facebook which destroys my mental health.
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how do you avoid social media if you use it for your business?
You don't. Either you hire someone to manage your Social Media or decide specific rules of usage. Login only at work hours, for such amount of time to do X and nothing else. Try to have a blank account, empty of anything outside of work related, for example blank Facebook account which hosts the business page/group/whatever.
As you age, strong legs will keep you walking longer. Run and jump; loading your bones with more than 1x your body weight is crucial for maintaining bone density and avoiding those broken hips later in life. Leg strength has even been correlated with brain health.
Source: a Zoom seminar with a doctor that I watched a while back at my company.
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I agree with all this, except “don’t drink”. 2 drinks a week will very unlikely to lead you to you poor health in your 30s-50s, and likely well beyond that.
The only safe amount of alcohol is zero. https://thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0140-6736%2818%293...
The three leading causes of attributable deaths in this age group were
tuberculosis (1-4% [95% UI 1-0–1-7] of total deaths),
road injuries (1-2% [0-7–1-9]),
and self-harm (1-1% [0-6–1-5]).