Healthy Habits: How to Live 100 Plus Years and Avoid Dying Before Your Time

Publisher Marketing: In the Western World the average life span is approximately 80 years old. However, when people get to that age they are usually hit with a multitude of health problems and encounter frailties both physically and mentally. They experience this state of "old age" unfortunately in most cases mainly because of the nutritional and lifestyle habits they have practice throughout their lives. They've succumbed to the propaganda of having a Western diet, Western lifestyle and have been conditioned by the media that 80 years of age is old. However, there are people who are located in the remotest parts of the world who consider 80 years old to be a young age! They are living past the age of 100 years old in strong health, are active and alert and are in full possession of their mental faculties. In fact, with these people, being active and alert centenarians with a keen enjoyment of life are the norm. What are their secrets and the keys to their longevity and fountain of youth? Well, it all begins with their practice of healthy habits which include diet, exercise and attitude. In his book entitled Healthy Habits: How to Live 100 Plus Years and Avoid Dying Before Your Time author Mike Smith explores and examines the diet and lifestyles of the various groups of people throughout the world who have for centuries practiced longevity principles that have enabled them to consistently live past 100 years of age. The people who fit this criteria and will be explored and examined are the people of Bama who are located in the West Central Guangxi Province of South China, the Hunzas of Pakistan, the Okinawans of Japan, the people from the small Greek island of Symi, the Abkhazians of Russia, the Campodimele people of Central Italy, the Vilcabamba Indians of Ecuador and the Titikaka Indians of Peru. You will be shown how to effectively incorporate the healthy habits of these centenarians in your daily life so you too can enjoy the fruits of living a long, healthy, active and prosperous life. Contributor Bio:  Smith, Mike Mike Smith is the senior archaeologist at the National Museum of Australia. For more than 30 years, he has worked extensively across the Australian arid zone, piecing together the archaeology of this immense continental region of dune fields, sandy rivers, salt lakes and desert uplands. His previous appointments include field archaeologist at the Northern Territory Museum in Darwin and Alice Springs, research fellow in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University, and lecturer in archaeology for the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University. A Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and of the Society of Antiquaries (London), the Australian Archaeological Association awarded him the Rhys Jones medal in 2006 for 'outstanding contributions to Australian Archaeology'. In 2010 he received the Verco medal from the Royal Society of South Australia for his research.