Oprah did a great show last week on The Blue Zones-term coined by Dan Buettner--referring to areas in the world where people live the longest.


Starting Healthy Habits Later In Life Still Makes A Difference
Written by Kathryn Savage

We know that diet and exercise play a vital role in living a long, healthy life, and scientists are always coming up with new information that helps explain why this is.

A recent study, (July, 2007), published in the journal Science, reveals that even if we start later in life, healthy lifestyle habits, (eating lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and a diet low in saturated fat, along with exercise), has a profoundly balancing effect on our hormones. This may extend more than our ability to rock those skinny jeans, it also extends the health of our brains.

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