Small things matter

“If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?” (Luke 12:26) Want to add up to fourteen years to your life expectancy? Research from the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council in England reported January 8, 2008 shows that 4 lifestyle habits may do just that. “People with four healthy lifestyle behaviors — not smoking, physical activity, moderate (no) alcohol consumption, and eating five servings of fruit or vegetables a day — live an average of 14 years longer than people with none of those behaviors.” (word in italics added). “Researchers at the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council looked at 20,000 men and women, aged 45-79, who filled out a questionnaire about the four health behaviors. The participants, none of whom had known cancer or heart or circulatory disease, filled out the questionnaire between 1993 and 1997 and were followed until 2006. For each of the four healthy lifestyle behaviors, a participant received one point. After they factored in age, the researchers found that participants with zero points were four times more likely to have died over an average period of 11 years than those with four points.” (ResearchingHealth.com, January 13, 2008)

Small things matter

Small things matter