A healthy 100
April 16, 2020
Noah Viegut
THE MIRROR
Many people all across the world live to a healthy 100 years of age even though the average life expectancy is less than 80. They do little things every day that help them stay healthy and enjoy every day.
Almost everyone across the world wants to live with their family until they grow old but very few people actually take the steps to have a healthy body and a happy mind. Many people use excuses to allow their unhealthy habits to continue when these habits could easily be broken with little effort.
Building healthy habits and getting rid of unhealthy ones is among the key steps that many people over the age of 100 accredit their good health. Your body naturally likes to have a routine of when to eat, sleep, and wake up, and little things like that take the stress off your body and help increase your health.
Activities that take away stress and are also healthy are some of the best things to do. Yoga, going for walks and playing sports are some examples of great activities that help mental and physical states.
Even though the mind and the body are very different they are linked. If one is not healthy it will drag down the other. In order to keep one working its hardest the other needs to keep working as well.
Erich Vanblargan • May 14, 2020 at 12:38 PM
Diet truly plays a massive factor in how long we live almost more than exercise. If our bodies do not get the proper vitamins and nutrients it begins to decay. The best historical example of this that still happens today is scurvy where a vitamin c deficiency causing wounds to re open, gums to bleed and teeth to rot and fall out.
Larson Lewis • Apr 24, 2020 at 1:36 PM
I really like how you didn’t talk about a bunch of random stuff in this article. Staying active is a great way to extend your life and many people want to live to 100 but aren’t willing to do what it takes.
Wyatt Cornell • Apr 23, 2020 at 3:20 PM
As a kid or a young adult, I don’t think that a solid schedule will make a positive impact on your life. As you get older though I think that it is easier to have a schedule and it will have a better impact on your health.
McKenna Coyle • Apr 23, 2020 at 1:57 PM
I liked reading this because it was put together nicely and it also did kind of motivate me to pay closer attention to how I can be more healthier in an easier way.
Kenny Schultz • Apr 21, 2020 at 11:23 AM
This was very enjoyable to read. I really liked how you stated, “Almost everyone across the world wants to live with their family until they grow old but very few actually take the steps to have a healthy body and a happy mind.” It is true that the key to living that long is to build healthy habits and get rid of the unhealthy ones.
Kaitlyn Flanagan • Apr 16, 2020 at 3:01 PM
I am trying my best to live a healthy lifestyle, so let us see if I can live past 80. Also when reading about the yoga part, I remember in gym class how Mr. Anderson said it was super important to do yoga but the whole class groaned because nobody liked to do yoga