The following from a new book I’m reading, Counter Clockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility.  Research is suggesting that a positive attitude toward aging can add 7 years to your life. …”having a positive attitude made far more difference than any to be gained from lowering blood pressure or reducing cholesterol, which typically improve life span by about four years. It also beats the benefits of exercise, maintaining proper weight, and not smoking which are found to add one to three years” (Langer, 2009, p. 23).

Email correspondence with Anna Miller-Tiedeman 6/16/10