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8 tips to help you extend your life up to 24 years

Jul 27, 2023, 10:26 AM | Updated: 12:06 pm

Want to start to build up some daily habits that can help you live longer? Well, new data from the Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program shows that just these eight healthy habits can help you live a longer life.

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Micki Gomez joined Seattle’s Morning News to share some tips on how to extend your life. Using an article from Medical News Today, Micki and Colleen O’Brien discuss how these steps can benefit your health and the steps they are taking to improve their own health.

“It seems pretty elementary if you ask me, it’s all the things that we should be doing,” Gamez said. “Researchers found that if men and women do these eight healthy lifestyle habits before they reach 40, they can live a lot longer.”

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