{"id":1682998,"date":"2022-10-11T08:13:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T12:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1682998"},"modified":"2022-10-11T08:14:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T12:14:18","slug":"having-this-may-help-you-live-past-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/having-this-may-help-you-live-past-90\/","title":{"rendered":"Having This May Help You Live Past 90"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhaving-this-may-help-you-live-past-90%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1682998&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><strong>Betty White<\/strong> died just before her 100th birthday. <strong>Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong> made it to 96 before her recent death. But was there a common factor they shared that helped them <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/live-to-100\/\" target=\"_blank\">live a century<\/a>? There are a number of things we can do to stay healthy and live longer, fuller lives, but according to new research, one thing in particular might be the key to longevity. A new study has found an association between people who have one specific thing and a longer lifespan. Read on to find out what could help you live past the age of 90.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THIS NEXT: <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/news-mediterranean-diet-years-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">Eating This After 65 Can Add Years to Your Life, New Study Says<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Life expectancy in the U.S. is declining.<\/h2>\n<p>Despite new advancements in the medical field, life expectancy among Americans is falling steadily. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/pressroom\/nchs_press_releases\/2022\/20220831.htm\" target=\"_blank\" data-follow=\"true\">released a new report<\/a> on Aug. 31 explaining that the rate has dropped for the second year in a row. From 2019 to 2020, life expectancy at birth declined from 78.8 years to 77.0 years. And in 2021, the rate fell again to 76.1 years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That decline\u201477.0 to 76.1 years\u2014took U.S. life expectancy at birth to its lowest level since 1996,&#8221; the CDC explained. &#8220;The 0.9 year drop in life expectancy in 2021, along with a 1.8 year drop in 2020, was the biggest two-year decline in life expectancy since 1921 [to] 1923.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Experts say this is a concerning trend.<\/h2>\n<p>The deadly COVID pandemic has clearly played a part on the declining life expectancy among Americans. But despite this being the driving force, <em>The New York Times<\/em> said that a <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/08\/31\/health\/life-expectancy-covid-pandemic.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-follow=\"true\">rise in accidental deaths<\/a> and drug overdoses has also contributed to the troubling trend, alongside deaths from heart disease, chronic liver disease, and cirrhosis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even small declines in life expectancy of a tenth or two-tenths of a year mean that on a population level, a lot more people are dying prematurely than they really should be,&#8221; <strong>Robert Anderson<\/strong>, chief of mortality statistics at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), told the newspaper. &#8220;This signals a huge impact on the population in terms of increased mortality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Experts are also concerned because while other high-income countries had their life expectancy rates severely impacted in 2020 as well, many of them started to bounce bank last year. This country did not see that same rise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steven Woolf<\/strong>, PhD, the director emeritus of the Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth University, told <em>The New York Times<\/em> that the continued fall of life expectancy in the U.S. is &#8220;historic&#8221; and a departure from other countries. &#8220;None of them experienced a continuing fall in life expectancy like the U.S. did, and a good number of them saw life expectancy start inching back to normal,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The U.S. is clearly an outlier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But a new study has found that there is one thing that might help you live past 90\u2014even if life expectancy on the whole is going down.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<strong>RELATED:<br \/>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bestlifeonline.com\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For more up-to-date information, sign up for our<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tdaily newsletter<\/a>.<\/strong>\n\t<\/p>\n<h2>Having one thing might help you live longer.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"393089\" class=\"alignnone\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-medium wp-image-393089\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_2029361576-1.jpg&amp;w=500\" alt=\"older couple hiking trip\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_2029361576-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_2029361576-2.jpg, 333&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 500w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_2029361576-3.jpg, 512&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_2029361576-4.jpg, 683&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all 1024w\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You may not want to worry too much about the life expectancy trend. As it turns out, new research has found that having a more positive attitude overall could actually help you live past the age of 90. This conclusion was reported in an <em>American Geriatrics Society <\/em>study that was\u00a0published June 8 and\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jgs.17897\" target=\"_blank\">led by researchers<\/a> at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.<span aria-hidden=\"true\">ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The researchers found that &#8220;higher optimism was associated with longer lifespan and a greater likelihood of achieving exceptional longevity overall and across racial and ethnic groups,&#8221; according to the study. This particular research built on a previous study from the same researchers that looked mostly at white populations to determine that optimism was linked to a longer lifespan. For the newer study, they analyzed a broadened participant pool of over 150,000 women from various racial and ethnic groups.<\/p>\n<p>Out of these participants, the researchers found that the 25 percent who were the most optimistic were likely to have a 5.4 percent longer lifespan and a 10 percent greater chance of living beyond 90 years old compared to the 25 percent that were categorized as the least optimistic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although optimism itself may be affected by social structural factors, such as race and ethnicity, our research <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2022\/06\/220608161431.htm\" target=\"_blank\">suggests that the benefits<\/a> of optimism may hold across diverse groups,&#8221; lead author <strong>Hayami Koga<\/strong>, a PhD candidate in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard Chan School, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h2>You can work on becoming a more positive person.<\/h2>\n<p>The significant impact of optimism on aging isn&#8217;t a mystery. A positive attitude has been linked with many health benefits that might contribute to a longer lifespan, <strong>Ryan Bolling<\/strong>, a behavior analyst and <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/bollingaba.com\" target=\"_blank\" data-follow=\"true\">mental health professional<\/a>, tells <em>Best Life<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Optimism has been found to boost the immune system, lower stress levels, and protect against heart disease,&#8221; he notes. &#8220;A positive outlook on life may also lead to healthy lifestyle choices, such as eating a nutritious diet, exercising regularly, and getting enough sleep. All of these factors can contribute to a longer and healthier life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, some of us aren&#8217;t naturally disposed toward optimism. But that doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t put in the work to become a more positive person. <strong>Lori Feldman<\/strong>, LICSW, a licensed clinical support worker and a <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hebrewseniorlife.org\" target=\"_blank\" data-follow=\"true\">resident support advisor<\/a> for Hebrew SeniorLife, recommends a few tips for increasing your positivity: connecting with at least one other person each day, practicing gratitude, moving around, and engaging in relaxation exercises.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Focus on what you can control,&#8221; Feldman advises. &#8220;Recognizing that you cannot control COVID-19 or the future but you can control what you do, like how much news you watch or what time you go to bed, may help you feel less anxious or negative.&#8221; And that shift in mindset may pay off in the long run\u2014the very long run, if you&#8217;re lucky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Betty White died just before her 100th birthday. 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