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HAVE YOU EVER METa 115-year-old
man? Scientists at Albert Einstein
College of Medicine in New York
have determined that the limit of the
human life span is 115 – a threshold
that hasn’t risen since the 1990s. But
a typical guy only makes it to 80 and
before that he may deal with decades
of disease.
Bad habits are partly to blame.
Too few men hit all four benchmarks
of what the Mayo Clinic deems a
healthy lifestyle – enough physical
activity, a healthy diet, no smoking
and a safe body fat percentage.
Experts worldwide agree that those
four factors significantly reduce your
odds of heart disease, diabetes and
certain cancers. But even if you’re in
the majority who aren’t hitting their
benchmarks, it’s never too late to
ring in healthy changes. We’ll show
you how to live longer, feel better
and look like a young guy even as you
grow older.