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105-Year-old Japanese Doctor Reveals 14 Health Tips: It's Worth Having Them In Mind

105-Year-old Japanese Doctor Reveals 14 Health Tips: It's Worth Having Them In Mind

"It is the obsession and desire of man to leave an indelible trace of his ephemeral passage on this earth that give birth to art," wrote the writer Brassaï. In this sense, a famous Japanese doctor known as Shigeaki Hinohara has marked the spirits before his death. In fact, the man died at the age of 105 after sharing a list of advice allowing people to live longer and above all, in better health.

Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara was one of the pioneers of preventive medicine. Through his research in the field of physical and mental health, he has written 75 books in which he shares his advice to live better.

But it is especially in his best-seller, published some time after his death, that the doctor reveals the secrets that allowed him to fully bloom until the age of 105 years.

Here are the 11 keys to improve your health and live as long as possible:

1. Have positive thoughts to be truly happy
If you feed your mind with positive thoughts and affirmations, you will give your body new energy. Thus, you will be able to accomplish beautiful actions in your life. Have thoughts of joy, love and gratitude to be happy.

2. Share your knowledge with others
Dr. Hinohara shared his knowledge through more than 150 lectures. By dedicating his life to helping others, sharing his diverse experiences and knowledge, he was able to feel considerable self-satisfaction.

3. If you feel good, you do not have to retire
There is no age to stop working. If you blossom at work, love what you do, nothing forces you to retire when you are older.

4. Organize your schedule
It is important to plan the actions you want to do on a daily basis. Indeed, by organizing your schedule and setting concrete goals to achieve, you will be much more productive.

5. Stop wanting more money
Most people are never satisfied with what they have. They always want more money, more and more material goods. Therefore, they are never really happy. Know how to enjoy what the world has to offer and express gratitude before it's too late.

6. Have an inspiration in your life
You are unique and you do not have to look like anyone. Nevertheless, you can draw inspiration from those who succeed to tap into them the resources necessary to accomplish you.

7. Be sure to control your weight
Overweight and obesity hinder well-being while reducing life expectancy. Therefore, be sure to maintain a healthy lifestyle and bring healthy food to your body.

8. Take the stairs
Always in a desire to take care of its health capital, drop the elevator and take the stairs. This simple change will increase your daily caloric expenditure and help maintain a healthy body.

9. Do not always trust your doctor to tell you
If you have physical symptoms, you will be tempted to apply everything your doctor recommends. However, you are able to do research and explore different alternatives to calm your pain.

10. Eat in full consciousness
Even if your taste buds can appreciate the industrial food, try to get rid of it. Eat to nourish the cells of your body and not to fill a gap. Choose healthy foods rich in vitamins and minerals to give your body good energy.

11. Do not have easy hand on drugs
Try to avoid the drugs as much as possible and use natural alternatives to calm your pain. Drug treatments should only be used as a last resort.

12. Do relaxing activities to forget the pain
Sometimes the pain can be mysterious and it can be hard to find the source. Try to practice meditation, listen to relaxing music, or do activities that appeal to you to ease your pain.

13. Free yourself from emotions that can hinder your well-being
Sometimes emotions can give rise to real physical pain. These psychosomatic disorders express internal malaise and suffering. Try to sort through your mind and spot the negative emotions in order to get rid of them.

14. Let go and accept not to control everything
Some events happen without us being able to intervene. Unfortunately, people are often used to feeling anxious about what tomorrow will be like. You have no power over the future and the only thing you can do is embellish your present.