SMILE for LONGEVITY

Secret of longevity can be as simple as a smile. Smile a wider and deeper creases around your eyes while smiling, the greater your chances of living longer.
The relationship between a smile and a long life is revealed by the researchers in a study published in the journal Psychological Science. These new findings add to other evidence of life with happiness and joy greatly affect the quality of health and life expectancy.
The researchers believe that the breadth and depth of the smile wrinkles around the eyes is a positive reflection of the life of someone who can translate into better long-term health.
This conclusion is the result of a study of images of old age. Experts from Wayne State University, Michigan, examined 230 images league baseball player who scored with 1952 enrollment data. This list contains all the player profiles and statistics, such as date of birth, weight, marital status, and careers.
The experts then rank the players based on form, smiling. There are groups of players who did not smile at all, smiling partial (some active muscles around the mouth), and a big smile (laughter marked with visible teeth, cheeks, I rose, and the creases around the eyes).
These photographs were then compared with the age and life expectancy of each players. The results showed that 184 players listed is dead. Those who took out the "no smiling" living with an average age of 72.9 years.
Among the group of "partial smile ', the average life expectancy reached 75 years. And the people who smiled most broadly have an average age of 79.9 years or seven years longer than his colleagues who" rarely smiled. "
The study also found that "fake smile" will not provide the same benefits as additional life expectancy can only be seen by players who have a sincere smile, which is known as the Duchenne smile.
Duchenne smile activate the muscle groups around the mouth and eyes. The term was brought up by a neurologist on the 19th century. Different from the fake smile smile involving only the muscles around the mouth.
So from now on, smile with the loose to keep you healthy and long life!
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