Do you aspire to live to be 100 years old?

Do you want to live to be 100 years old?  Interesting research reported recently gives suggestions on what a person can do to lengthen his life:  social connections (communicating with family and friends daily), exercise on a regular basis, spiritual activities (prayer, meditation and spiritual activities). 

When considering how long a person lives, we will be affected by our inherited genes.  Some things we cannot change.  However, current health authorities believe that lifestyle behaviors do affect our health and longevity.  Among these lifestyle behaviors are:  social connections, exercise, sleep habits, diet, spiritual health and activities. 

The researchers found that many baby boomers are doing well in many activities.  Two areas that baby boomers were not matching up with centenarians:  enough sleep and a healthy diet.  Many baby boomers do not get eight to nine hours of sleep at night and don’t eat a healthy diet as often as the centenarians.  More information about this research can be found at Yahoo.com, http://finance.yahoo.com/news/want-to-live-to-100--sleep.html