A few findings may surprise you: it recommends tea over coffee, reducing our intake of iron (often found in multivitamins), and flossing regularly. But many of the suggestions are what one might expect: eating moderately and healthily and avoiding fast food, processed meat, and excessive carbohydrate consumption, as well as exercising and maintaining a healthy weight, getting adequate sleep, reducing stress, staying mentally active, and having an optimistic outlook. It helps not to have diabetes, and having a close family member who lived to be over ninety is a big plus.
