Despite the advancement of medicine to help people live longer nowadays, master Gary Small, director of the Center for Elderly University Los Angeles (California) to that emotional factors, mental and social also important. Here are 5 ways to live with the greatest influence in life, according to research by American scientists.

1 Living positively

Those who have a positive outlook when young, the elderly tend to live longer. Even at the age of 50, just to feel optimistic about old age, you also live longer on average about 7 years. "These negative emotions such as jealousy, animosity and bitterness is not good for your overall health and particularly to heart," said Dr. Stephen Post, director of the Center for Medical Ethics humanitarian and medical school Stony Brook university (New York) said.

Become an ext

rovert, active participation of the community, participating in a new activity, talk to a stranger can help older people have a more positive mood.

2 Do good deeds

Those who volunteer for two organizations become lower mortality rate compared with 44% who never do charity, reports the Institute for Research on aging Buck said. As Dr. Post said that your work is equivalent exercise four times a week. Work as well as helping others can help you increase resistance. Compassion is clearly related to the immune system, brain and hormones. "

When you register on a voluntary groups, older people can do as a mentor. "Older people often feel there is meaning in the activity pass the torch to the younger generation," Post said. 87% of advisors to participate in at least one other volunteer activities. They also reap many health benefits for more than 40% compared to those volunteers are not counselors.

4 Having a good relationship with your partner

When the Geriatric Research, scientists found people with strong social connections generally have better health. However, there is a good relationship is worth more than the regular meeting friends or relatives. "The sustainable relationship increases the immunity of the body,"Please talk with your partner. In the study by scientists at Columbia University and Yale, the older women to have children and always with a vent stack can reduce the risk of death within 6 years. As men live longer when they also felt his wife needed.

5 Read books, articles and search for information to keep the brain young. dynamic

The redundancy of information on the internet can make us very sick mind, but clearly the stimulation you get from the pile immersed in that information is a good sport for the brain. That can help your brain younger.

Scientists at the University of California have magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain of older surfers (aged 55 and over) and discovered that finding information on the Internet and reading a book excite the brain areas responsible for language, memory, ability to see and understand. Even clicking through online sites also do so much more, affecting the parts of the brain which handles decision-making and complex arguments. An older person as much web surfing, as obtained many benefits, they will have more brain activity than doubled compared with others.