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Thirteen Healthy Habits to Improve Your Life

Thirteen habits to improve your life

Disregard them and you may well be taking a big gamble with your mental and emotional well-being.

There are 13 ways to boost your chances of living a happy, healthy life. More can be added to this list, but, for simplicity's sake, we'll stick with this typically unlucky number.

Instead of bringing misfortune, however, the 13 habits promise a life of vigor and vivacity. There are, of course, no guarantees, but many of the practices mentioned here have been published in scientific journals. Disregard them and you may well be taking a big gamble with your mental and emotional well-being.

Make these health habits part of your life

Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD, on December 14, 2007

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