Fact of life

The 110-year-old man in England, Reg Dean Derbyshire witty said that his longevity secret is ... lazy.

According to experts, Reg Dean was not joking, a slow life with many interesting things, meaning capable of prolonging life for humans. In the animal world, longevity turtle is the most obvious evidence to prove this theory.

According to a theory of aging, the process of metabolism in vivo as takes place slowly, the longer survival time and the aging process takes place more slowly. Life consists of a series of stressful activity, put enormous pressure on our body. Hard is not always a good thing, for instance long work time in the office can lead to depression, anxiety, and even debilitating or too much physical activity is sometimes the enemy of life.

Laziness help extend the life of human

Recently, in last September, the death of four men while taking part in the Great North Run marathon is good example of the dangers there.

Laziness combined with simple behavioral health benefit as a nap would be a great way to help prolong survival. A study in 2007 on 23,681 Greek adults found that those who regularly nap (even a nap) will significantly outlive other groups.

"Truth" has been mentioned since ancient Greek times. The philosopher Aristotle believed that the contemplative life, slowly makes people have enough time to consider the essentials and more effective compared to the busy life of businessmen or politicians. Whereas the philosopher Epicurus also advised people to withdraw from the city life to find what he called a "no worries".

Both the two ideas are mentioned in a recent book entitled National Gardening Leave by advisory group of experts under the New Economic Foundation (NEF) compiled with subtitles interesting words: "The UK would be better if all the time we spend less for office? ". Accordingly, the authors propose plans only work 4 days one week, but apparently it will not work, because although it is beneficial, rarely lazy lifestyle is chosen by many reasons including money.