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Generally, most people know that habits such as smoking, drinking alcohol, and not exercising can be harmful to health. However, there are other habits that can also keep away from the hope of longevity.
This habit may seem trivial but can shorten life. Here are some bad habits to watch out for as they can have an impact on your life expectancy.
1. Staying up late and sleeping too much
A Harvard study found that sleeping just five hours a day can reduce lifespan by 15 percent, but sleeping 10 or more hours a day can have a similar negative effect. Both increase the risk of disease and can hasten death.
This is also explained by research in the journal PLOS One which explains that people sleeping more than nine hours a day are more at risk for shorter lives. Therefore it is important to pay attention to adequate sleep time because like lack of sleep, excessive amounts are bad for health.
2. Not Socializing
One of the keys to happiness is friendship, according to decades of Harvard studies. Besides being beneficial for happiness, socializing keeps the brain active and can help you live longer.
The research also explains that a person only needs a few close friends to have an active social life. Meanwhile, living without friends and not socializing can shorten life.
3. Minimal Activity
The researchers found that someone who lives longer does not actually retire. It’s not that they continue to work until the end of their lives, but after they stop working they are still looking for activities to stay active and feel useful.
In addition, unemployment does not work at all identified as one of the factors causing premature death.
4. Too Much Sitting
Experts say one should not only exercise every day, it is also important to have reasons to get up and move more throughout the day. It is very unhealthy to have a sedentary lifestyle and sit too long every day causing a person to lose several years of his life.
5. Has a bad attitude
Not only mood, bad attitude can also damage health as a whole. Negative people tend to be more stressed which can weaken the immune system and increase the risk of disease.
a study Mayo Clinic for 30 years found that optimists have a 50% lower risk of premature death compared to pessimists.
6. Consumption of animal products
One study from Harvard Medical School found that eating an extra serving of unprocessed red meat increased the risk of death by 13 percent. According to researchers, saturated fat and high amounts of sodium are to blame.
7. Excessive Use of Gadgets
Pain in the neck, shoulders, head and back has been proven to be caused by cell phone use. Schreiber explains that continued abnormal postures have been shown to reduce lifespan by putting pressure on internal organs, blood vessels and nerves. In addition, chronic pain experienced can shorten life.
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2023-08-28 06:06:51
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