Scientists
have found reading books as means of living longer as many years as possible.
Their study, published in the journal social science & medicine, also found
that adults who reported reading magazine and newspaper showed an increase in
longevity compared to nonreaders.
Researchers,
led by Becca R.Levy, a professor of epidemiology at Yale University School of
Public Health, analyzed data of 3,635 men and women who were part of the Health
and Retirement study were followed for an average of 12 years, Medical News
today reported. Study participant were instructed to self-report their reading
habits.
Most
of the well-read people around me are well over 80 years and their still
reading. Kudos to this research, I will start reading books more often than I
used to.
If
you want to live longer, please start reading books because it stimulates the
brain.
Remember
this quote: Books
open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.”
-William Feather
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