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Henry Lodge, M.D.:
Americans now have far more longevity than they really know what to do with. The vast majority of Americans outlive their health by a good decade or so. So you don't get old and die you get old and live.

Dr. Henry Lodge, author of the book, Younger Next Year says you can live healthfully well into you eighties and nineties if you follow the prescription.

Our prescription is you should exercise as you get older every day. We recommend six days a week and give you that seventh day off. And people stop right there and say well I can't do that. The reality is that your other choice is to get old and that if you look at it half an hour or forty-five minutes of exercise a day is a minor investment in the last 20 to 30 years of your life.

But we've all heard exercising three times a week is the key but Dr. Lodge says the science does not support that.

If you're going to conveniently die at 70 or 72, three times a week may be all you need, but if you're like the average American and going to live to 85 or as time goes on 90, three times a week is going to be nowhere near enough to get you through those last 15 years in style.

The other parts of the prescription are eating right and being emotionally connected to other people.

And plus which it's fun living this lifestyle - which sounds difficult at the outset, but you have more energy, more optimism, more enthusiasm - the people who do this are having a great time.

At somethingyoushouldknow.net I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.