12 Steps to Living Better and Longer
You prepare for the future with the best lawyers, wealth managers and insurance advisors. But what about your health? Here are 12 steps that, in conjunction with talking to your doctor, can help you live both better and longer. Reducing stress, says Elizabeth Ochoa, PhD, chief psychologist in the department of psychiatry at New York's Mount Sinai Beth Israel, should involve strategies that increase self-awareness, such as taking slow and rhythmic breaths, rather than short, gulping breaths. If there's one dietary change that Rebecca Blake, director of clinical nutrition at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, recommends for living longer, it is to consume more oily fish.
-Elizabeth Ochoa, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Chief Psychologist, Mount Sinai Beth Israel -Rebecca Blake, MS, RD, CDN, Director, Clinical Nutrition, Mount Sinai Beth Israel