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Humans have searched for the secret to immortality for thousands of years. For some people today, that quest includes things like sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber, experimenting with cryotherapy or blasting oneself with infrared light.

Most aging experts are skeptical that these actions will meaningfully extend the upper limits of the human life span. What they do believe is that by practicing a few simple behaviors, many people can live healthier for longer, reaching 80, 90 and even 100 in good physical and mental shape. The interventions just arent as exotic as transfusing yourself with a young persons blood.

People are looking for the magic pill, said Dr. Luigi Ferrucci, the scientific director of the National Institute on Aging, and the magic pill is already here.

Below are seven tips from geriatricians on how to add more good years to your life.

The number one thing experts recommended was to keep your body active. Thats because study after study has shown that exercise reduces the risk of premature death.

Physical activity keeps the heart and circulatory system healthy and provides protection against numerous chronic diseases that affect the body and mind. It also strengthens muscles, which can reduce older peoples risk of falls.

If we spend some of our adult years building up our muscle mass, our strength, our balance, our cardiovascular endurance, then as the body ages, youre starting from a stronger place for whatever is to come, said Dr. Anna Chang, a professor of medicine specializing in geriatrics at the University of California, San Francisco.

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