1. HAVE SEX: IT LOWERS CHOLESTEROL, BOOSTS BLOOD CIRCULATION AND RELEASES FEEL-GOOD ENDORPHIN HORMONES. AND DO IT IN THE MORNING, YOUR BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS ARE LOW THEN, SO THE BODY CONVERTS FAT STORES INTO ENERGY.
2. LAUGH: SCIENTISTS SAY LAUGHING FOR 15 MINUTES A DAY COULD ADD EIGHT YEARS TO YOUR LIFE.
3. DO PUZZLES: CHALLENGING THE BRAIN EXTENDS THE CELLS’ LIFESPAN SO INCREASING LIFE EXPECTANCY, SAYS RESEARCHERS.
4. GIVE BLOOD: MALE BLOOD DONORS ARE 17 TIMES LESS LIKELY TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK.
5. LISTEN TO CLASSICAL MUSIC: IT CALMS THE HEART, LOWERS BLOOD PRESSURE AND LESSENS MUSCLE TENSION, SAY RESEARCHERS AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY.
6 DON’T CONFORM: YOU’LL LIVE LONGER IF YOU DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS. IT MAKES YOU LESS STRESSED.
7. EXERCISE: BEING FIT AND LEAN PROLONGS YOUR LIFE.
8. FLOSS DAILY: FLOSSING CAN TAKE SIX YEARS OFF YOUR AGE BY REMOVING TOXIC BACTERIA THAT CAUSE CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
9. SLEEP: PEOPLE WHO GET SIX TO SEVEN HOURS’ SLEEP A NIGHT LIVE LONGER THAN THOSE WHO SLEEP MORE OR LESS.
10. DON’T SMOKE: SMOKING IS THE SINGLE MOST AVOIDABLE CAUSE OF ILLNESS AND DEATH.
11. EAT CHOCOLATE: EATING A MODERATE AMOUNT OF CHOCOLATE HELPS YOU LIVE LONGER THAN THOSE WHO EAT SWEETS. CHOCOLATE CONTAINS CHEMICALS CALLED POLYPHENOLS, WHICH ARE THOUGHT TO PROTECT AGAINST HEART DISEASE AND CANCER.
12. GET A PET: OWNERS OF DOGS AND CATS ARE LESS STRESSED AND HAVE LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE.
13. GET SOME SUN: FOR JUST 15 MINUTES A DAY, TO TOP UP VITAMIN D LEVELS.
14. ENJOY YOURSELF: DOING THINGS YOU ENJOY ARE JUST AS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH AS PHYSICAL EXERCISE, SAYS A HAVARD UNIVERSITY STUDY.
15. GET RID OF YOUR SHOWER CURTAIN: THEY’RE AN IDEAL BREEDING GROUND FOR FUNGAL SPORES THAT CAN CAUSE ASTHMA, WHILE SOAP SCUM BUILD-UP CONTAINS MORE THAN A BILLION BACTERIA PER CUBIC INCH. SWAP TO A GLASS DOOR, WHICH IS EASIER TO WIPE DOWN.