12.29.2008

Life Expectancy Calculator

I was listening to NPR one day and they had a doctor on (Dr. Thomas Perls) talking about how to live to be 100 years old...


My "calculated age" with my current habits and lifestyle is 90 years. It also gives tips on what you can do, based on your answers, to add years to your life. In addition to the obvious - lower your bad cholesterol, etc, it gives you ones you may not have thought of, such as "Floss your teeth." Weird, right? Here's the reason:
  • There is a clear link between the inflammation of gum disease and heart disease. Do a good job of flossing daily and you could add a year to your life expectancy.

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