Dare to be 100 and beyond
with Walter M. Bortz II, M.D.
with Walter M. Bortz II, M.D.
What are the secrets of living a long and healthy life?
Dare to be 100? Want to live a long healthy life? Why not? Hallmark Cards expects to sell at least 85,000 100th birthday cards each year. If you think you'll live to be 100, you're already on the road to getting there. Longevity begins with the right attitude, which involves staying active every day, physically, mentally, spiritually, and socially. This website, like my life, is dedicated to helping people live a long, robust life to 100 and beyond. Anyone, at any age can improve his or her vitality. My life-long research, my books, and my experience have proved this truth time and again. I invite you to DARE to be 100 and beyond. Read my DARE to you, check out the free articles the Longevity Library, see the Q&A about aging, longevity, and living a long, robust life.
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• Walter Bortz Fact Sheet (PDF)
With smarts and guts you can dare to be 100!A few of the life-enhancing & life-extending benefits of excercise include:
The Longevity Library has dozens of articles written or co-written by Walter M. Bortz II, M.D., including Redefining Human Aging Physical Fitness, Aging and Sexuality, Disuse and Aging, and Running as Armor. 
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Click the tabs below the the four principles of D.A.R.E.
Diet: When you're a zoo animal, you must be carefully fed, but wild animals can eat anything. While a carefully-controlled diet is important for a sedentary person, exercise, can boost your metabolism and help slow the aging process in ways that diet alone can't. The more of the "E" (Exercise) you can DARE, the less you will have to worry about the "D" (diet).
Books and Media: Bortz Shop Buy Dr. Bortz's books on living longer at the Store, including Living Longer for Dummies, Dare to Be 100, and Diabetes Danger. |
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   The Steps to 100
Step 1: anti-aging nutrition
Step 2: read well to eat well Step 3: time to eat? Step 4: your body's need for calories Step 5: fat alert Step 6: count cholesterol Step 7: push carbs Step 8: protein pros and cons Step 9: don't dry up Step 10: slash the salt Step 11: keep your fiber up Step 12: vitamin care Step 13: calcium matters Step 14: a coffee break for longevity Step 15: alcohol: anti-aging foe or friend? Step 16: chemical cuisine? Step 17: beware free radicals Step 18: cancer-fighting diet Step 19: believe in longevity Step 20: be necessary Step 21: find meaning Step 22: be an optimist Step 23: take risks Step 24: stay in control Step 25: maintain the creative spark Step 26: seek wisdom Step 27: be a responsible ager Step 28: have options Step 29: be a good neighbor Step 30: cherish experience Step 31: get high on helping Step 32: learn to learn Step 33: don't kill yourself Step 34: keep your senses sharp Step 35: train your brain Step 36: build memory Step 37: keep order Step 38: be attractive Step 39: recognize that sex is for life Step 40: stay in touch Step 41: take rx pet Step 42: keep family strong Step 43: don't take yourself so seriously Step 44: work with stress Step 45: have time sense Step 46: know your primary doctor Step 47: pamper your glands Step 48: be a good loser Step 49: stay in tune Step 50: stay on the road
Step 51: recognize depression
For a full description of each of the 99 steps to 100, buy Dare To Be 100 in the Shop.
Step 52: die well Step 53: have guts Step 54: recharge yourself Step 55: stay in flow Step 56: renew your health Step 57: cherish your world Step 58: think travel Step 59: think when, where, and why retire Step 60: make your last nest your best Step 61: beware of retirement myths Step 62: afford retirement Step 63: have a life money plan Step 64: be wealth fit--save Step 65: keep working Step 66: spend it all Step 67: lobby for yourself Step 68: use leisure Step 69: re-learn, re-think, re-educate Step 70: sleep enough Step 71: keep in rhythm Step 72: steps for the woman Step 73: steps for the man Step 74: keep in rhythm Step 75: know how hard, long, & often to exercise Step 76: realize it's never too late Step 77: make time for exercise Step 78: when tired, exercise Step 79: don't fear exercise Step 80: it's ok to be sore Step 81: watch your fuel gauge Step 82: learn with what & when to fuel exercise Step 83: keep your oxygen tanks full Step 84: make exercise your circulation's best friend Step 85: be strong Step 86: stay loose Step 87: stay balanced Step 88: stand straight Step 89: work dem bones Step 90: respect your back Step 91: honor your neck Step 92: keep breathing Step 93: use your brain -- exercise Step 94: chase the blues Step 95: be sexy, be fit Step 96: avoid the big C -- exercise Step 97: walk away from infection Step 98: know that aging is incurable Step 99: you don't have to win Step 100: just do it | ||
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