PHOTOGRAPHED BY TERRY DOYLE
August• 2017 | 105It’s not about adding years to your
life but adding life to your years.
So howcanyou feel – and look –
younger at any age? Often it starts
with a single word
To Live By
BY ANDREA AU LEVITTGrip.Grip strength was the best
predictor of how well a group of more
than 6000 men aged 45 to 68 would
avoid being incapacitated later in life,
a 25-year study found. The weakest-
gripping men suffered twice the disa-
bilities of men with hands of steel. In
another study of nearly 140,000 men
and women, poor grip strength corre-
lated with a higher incidence of death,
especially from cardiovascular disease.Breakfast.Harvard University
scientists tracked more than 367,000
older adults for an average of 14 years
and found that those who ate the most
cereal fibre had a 19 per cent lower risk
ofdeathfromanycausethanthose
who ate the least. Most notably, people
who ate the most cereal fibre were
34 per cent less likely to die from dia-
betes. Cereal fibre is found in cereal,
wholegrain bread, barley and bran.LIFE LESSONS