Margaret Priddy

If you are interested in living to be 100, you must protect the most active muscle in your body, your heart. The leading cause of death in the United States is cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease includes heart attack, stroke and other disorders of the heart and blood vessels. Coronary Heart disease is a disease of the heart and blood vessels within the heart.

Savvy consumers have turned to wholesome meal replacement shakes, protein shakes and snack bars, knowing that many of the chronic degenerative diseases today are a result of the deterioration of the diet. Our modern diet, including the snacks we eat, needs to include the right types of carbohydrate, protein and fat.

In order to wisely choose what we eat, we must consider the glycemic index.

Want to enjoy a life as free as possible from pain and depression and disease? Healthy living means discovering what our bodies need and do not need. When we give our bodies the proper nutrients, it builds and repairs itself. But when we put harmful substances into it, disease takes root. Harmful habits, such as cigarette smoking and eating junk food, will derail us from our journey to the 100-year mark, and we are stricken with heart disease, strokes and cancers.

Have you heard the expression "Stress kills?" It's likely that you have. Stress slowly weakens the body's immunity and makes it more susceptible to disease. Thus, managing stress can lead to a longer, healthier life. Stress can result from a variety of pressures such as pressure on the job as well as pressure finding a job. There could be worry about health or relationships.