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breaking news it turns out that peanuts which are legumes they come under the ground they work as well people say i don't want to have nuts i'll get fat not true all the data we have shows that people eat nuts actually lose weight and reduces mortality rates by 20 percent if.
you have a handful of nuts every single day of the week but again these kind of not honey roasted nuts or things like that where you put on really raw nuts that are authentic and not irradiated get more purple in your life harvesting the power of the sun think about the rainbow all those colors come into fruits and vegetables you want that nutrient source in your body it can come in the form of brain berries with like blueberries they help your brain,
actually blackberries red wine counts two blue potatoes anything with the color blue that's naturally blue that comes out the ground looking that way is helpful all right let's take a little walk now because that is one of your other tips you say take a daily walk and then something interesting on the other side of that so a million women study,
just came out from the united kingdom showed that women who walked only 10 minutes a day were able to dramatically reduce their their mortality rate so we're learning more and more about how little activity can benefit you but here's the big deal lift the foot up do it with me let's see how you can do this you can do the uh the tree pose you know can you do this are you balance on one leg yeah why because frailty is the number one killer of all of us matt if i,
get rid of all the cancer in america we live maybe three years longer that's it what kills us is we get so frail we can't weather the storm of getting a bad diagnosis we can't persevere in times of difficulty and it takes us out if you actually break your hip 20 chance you'll be dead that year because what's really happening is you're so weak your hip couldn't hold you anymore right all right let's move,
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next thing is sleep you say
get more sleep the reason i like sleep is because uh if you can get one hour more dramatically affects cancer rates high blood pressure rates 30 percent less chance of being hypertensive if you get one extra hour of sleep hypertension is number one ager of all and so you can treat it with sleep rather than medications why not try it getting an, hour sleep is not easy you got to work, at it but it's worth the investment sleep single most underappreciated problem we have in america not underappreciated around here doc let's get to the last thing and you say reach out to one friend a day why is that going to help me live longer the human species has weathered storms of adversity because we talk to each other we create social networks and now we have tools to make it easier i prefer you go visit someone but you can call them right now text someone that you care about build that social framework it actually reduces death rates 20 percent if you can get a team around you and see that red wine i showed you over there walk with me for one second okay we can beat catholic and hoda to the wine today all right so if you take some of the foods we talked about natural foods beverages combine them with a little bit of a conversation that's why these work it actually allows us to look at each other's eyes and realize that we're drops of rain falling into the ocean of humanity this is what lets us live longer if you give your heart a reason to keep beating you'll live longer well put and again two-thirds of longevity lifestyle and diet not genetics cheers good to see you and you can catch more of dr oz's advice weekdays on the dr oz show just check your local listings
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