{"id":1178,"date":"2010-04-12T21:04:38","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T20:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2010-04-12T21:04:38","modified_gmt":"2010-04-12T20:04:38","slug":"life-expectancy-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/12\/life-expectancy-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Expectancy Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly 3 years ago, I did a life expectancy calculation, based on how I’d changed after 6 months of Crossfit and the Zone Diet. My life expectancy jumped<\/a> from 75 years to 85 years, which was pretty impressive.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I thought I’d repeat the test 3 years on and see what it is now. Here are the results with the bits I’m missing out on apparently:<\/p>\n

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Lifestyle<\/h3>\n

+ 0.5 Minimizing or cutting out your caffeinated coffee consumption completely could provide you with about half a year<\/strong> more in life expectancy<\/p>\n

+ 2.0 If it is ok with your doctor, taking an 81 mg aspirin every day improves your hear and brain health and could help you delay or escape a heart attack or stroke. Taking an aspirin each day, perferably in the evening, could add 2 years<\/strong> to your life expectancy.<\/p>\n

+ 1.0 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<\/strong> to your life expectancy.<\/p>\n

Nutrition<\/h3>\n

+ 3.0 Red meat is the primary source of potentially life-shortening iron. Cutting back your read meat consumption to 1-2 days per week or less could add 3 years<\/strong> to your life expectancy<\/p>\n

+ 2.0 Increasing your exercise regimen to 5 days a week could add 1 year<\/strong>, to 6 or 7 days a week could add 2 years<\/strong> to your life expectancy<\/p>\n

Medical<\/h3>\n

+ 1.0 Examining yourself for cancer could add a year<\/strong> to your life expectancy<\/p>\n

+ 0.5 Being in touch with your health care provider annually is very important to your strategy to screen for and prevent illness. Getting the appropriate blood tests on a regular basis could add a half a year<\/strong><\/p>\n

+ 0.5 Getting your blood sugar checked could add half a year<\/strong> to your life expectancy<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are certainly some things I don’t agree with there, like taking the aspirin. Check yours out and post back here what it is: http:\/\/calculator.livingto100.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nearly 3 years ago, I did a life expectancy calculation, based on how I’d changed after 6 months of Crossfit and the Zone Diet. My life expectancy jumped from 75 years to 85 years, which was pretty impressive. Anyway, I thought I’d repeat the test 3 years on and see what it is now. Here […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1,7],"tags":[122,208,127],"class_list":{"0":"post-1178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-crossfit","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"category-the-zone-diet","9":"tag-crossfit-workouts-exercises","10":"tag-life-expectancy","11":"tag-zone-diet"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1178\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}