Smoking, drinking too much, lack of exercise and poor diet can age you by 12 years.
The findings come from a study that tracked close to 5,000 British adults for 20 years. Over the course of the study, 29 percent of the people with all four unhealthy behaviors died. Only 8 percent died among the people with none of the four habits.
USA Today notes that:
Daily News from Dr Mercola's site https://mercola.com Bad Habits Can Age You 12 Years by Dr. Mercola https://watchman.news/2010/05/bad-habits-can-age-you-12-years/ Come back to https://Watchman.News for news updates every hour. Find news from many other outlets that are likeminded as far as fact checking and integrity.“The findings don’t mean that everyone who maintains a healthy lifestyle will live longer than those who don’t, but it will increase the odds.”