Microblog: What Makes People Live Longer, Healthy, and Happy?

In an 80-year-long Harvard study, they found the secret sauce to better physical and mental health.

❓What makes people live longer, be healthy, and happy?

It’s not nutrition.

It’s connection and the joy from these connections.

📖The study showed that the role of genetics and long-lived ancestors proved LESS important to longevity than the level of satisfaction with RELATIONSHIPS in midlife, a good predictor of healthy aging.

🧠”Good relationships don’t just protect our bodies, they protect our brains.” (Waldinger-TED talk).

👥”And those good relationships, they don’t have to be smooth all the time… but as long as they felt they could count on the other when the going got tough, those arguments didn’t take a toll on their memories.”

🥩Of course, nutrition plays a role in wellness but joy and connection is just as important.

💡If diet alone isn’t improving your health, look further.

There are 6 FACTORS that predict healthy aging for the Harvard men studies:

🏋🏻‍♀️Physical Activity

🥃Absence of Alcohol Abuse