The twins Marilyn Wright and Madelyn Casper have just celebrated the 102 -year -old birthday in Toledo (Ohio, USA) with their family.“We feel lucky when there are still two mothers around.Both are still healthy, not only mentally but also physically, ”said Marilyn's daughter, Julie Fox, shared with People.
The 102 -year -old twins, Marilyn Wright and Madelyn Casper.
Born in 1922, Marilyn and Madelyn are still close and in tune with each other over the years, even if they don't live together.Madelyn said "we are two beans in a shell".Two people often think and act the same even though they live different from the city.When Marilyn made meat bread and phoned her younger sister, Madelyn was also preparing this dish.
Talking about their secret of life, the 102 -year -old twins emphasized the importance of kindness to people.“We want to say, be kind to your neighbors.Just show kindness.Do not hate anyone.The word 'hate' should be removed from the dictionary, ”said Marilyn.
In fact, many scientific studies have proven that people are kind, regularly helping others will live more.For example, Basel University researchers in Switzerland have watched more than 500 people aged 70-103.The results show that those who help and take care of others have an increase in life expectancy.
Scientists of this study emphasize the benefits of helping others to health recorded at any age.Research also shows that helping people not only help you feel happy but also extend life, reducing the risk of death, depression and better health.
The research team from the University of British Columbia (Canada) also discovered people who live kindly with people by buying gifts for friends, donating for charity, or benefiting others with their money with their money.Blood pressure drops significantly compared to those who spend money for themselves.The act of helping the community can resist the negative effects caused by stress.Therefore, helping and living kind with people is the medicine to increase the physical and mental health of each person.
Besides maintaining kindness, the following 3 activities also contribute to increasing your life expectancy.
Moderate and regular exercise
Research shows that the link between walking and increasing life expectancy.The researchers found that walking from 1 hour to 2.5 hours a week at 2 or 3 different sessions related to living for an additional 6.2 years for men and 5.6 years for women.
However, everyone at any age should exercise according to their abilities.Do not exercise too much, because in some excessive exercise people can cause some harms such as: The body quickly becomes dehydrated;Increasing the risk of injury, fatigue, and muscles are not restored to the immune system.Excessive exercise will affect the heart muscle and heart rate ...
Healthy eating
Changing a healthier diet will bring a lot of health benefits.According to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a healthy diet brings a lot of health benefits, from immunity support, preventing obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular, cardiovascular diseaseSome types of cancer, ... The greater the life of the life will start eating and drinking as soon as possible.
Maintain optimism
According to Guardian, a study showed that people with cheerful, optimistic personality can be healthy and live longer because they have to deal with stressful situations.
Scientists in this study suggest that optimists can recover faster than those who are pessimistic and regain their mood faster after a stressful event.Besides, fun can promote healthy habits, enhance health as well as resistance.In particular, better metabolic function, less insulin resistance, inflammation.Optimistic people often maintain a positive lifestyle, mobility is less smoking, less alcohol abuse, reasonable diet, so they have body weight at a good threshold….These features are the key to health and longevity.
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