At some point, we have all encountered the old saying about it not being so important how many moments of life we have left, but rather how much life we are putting into each moment. 
Be that as it may, the desire to live longer than most is a very real one for many of us. In fact, all through human history, people have searched for the secrets of longevity and a lot of us would like the answer to the question how long will I live?
Considering the range and depth, the sheer breadth of human experience spanning the globe and many millennia, there can be no one recipe for longevity. But there do seem to be certain people and cultures that live very long lives. Some Russians, Japanese, and Americans find it easy to turn a hundred, while of course, even in 
the most deprived areas of the world, in rural communities with the most basic nutrition, there are occasional centenarians.
What can each one of us do to live longer and fuller, happier and fitter lives? There are different strokes for different folks, but there does seem to be a consensus about certain important parameters. Check out these hints for longevity distilled from medicine and research into long-lived individuals and communities.
Human beings are strange indeed. At both ends of the journey of life, we turn into wrinkled and shriveled creatures. But its the in-between that contains the essence - the whole business of living and loving.
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