You could lower your risk of an early death by eating a healthy, balanced diet, including at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day, said the NHS.
Regular exercise is also crucial for boosting your lifespan. Everyone should aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity every week.
But making some small dietary changes could also help to increase your life expectancy.
One of the easiest ways to boost your life span is to eat spicy foods every day, it’s been revealed.
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“Some evidence from other studies suggests the bioactive ingredients in spicy foods such as capsaicin may lower ‘bad’ cholesterol and triglycerides and improve inflammation,” said researcher Dr Lu Qi.
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Harvard Medical School added: “If you’d like to add more chilli pepper to your diet, stick with something healthy, such as turkey chili or lentil pilaf, and skip the greasy tacos.
“But be careful: spicy foods may trigger an increase in gastric acid in some people, causing heartburn.”
Meanwhile, you could also lower your risk of an early death by eating avocados, nutritionists have claimed.
The fruit reduces the amount of ‘bad’ cholesterol in the body, while also boosting the amount of ‘good’ cholesterol.
A build-up of cholesterol in the blood increases the risk of heart disease. Heart attacks are a symptom of heart disease.
Everyone should consider eating half of an avocado three to four times each week.
Source: Daily Express
