Trung Nguyen Dang

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Voracious reading, another papal habit, also turns out to be good for aging brains and, surprisingly, even better for longevity. One twelve-year study showed that if seniors read at least 3.5 hours a day, they were 17 percent less likely to die by a certain age than controls who didn’t read. Read more than that and you increase the number to 23 percent. The reading has to be of books, long form.
Brain Rules for Aging Well: 10 Principles for Staying Vital, Happy, and Sharp
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