These 7 Simple Anti-Aging Secrets Could Add Years to Your Life

Care for others

Two recent studies suggest surprising but heartwarming keys to a longer life. You’re more likely to rack up the years if you:

Expect the best. Of 100,000 women in the Women’s Health Initiative study, those rated optimistic by special questionnaires were 14 percent less likely than pessimists to die during the study’s first eight years. Get inspired to become an optimist with these positive quotes.

Care for a loved one. Despite the stress involved, men and women who put in the most time taking care of a spouse cut their own risk of dying by 36 percent over a seven-year period, researchers at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor found. Don’t miss these other habits science says are anti-aging.