Aging related diseases work by depleting your brain cells. Reading strengthens your brain. Should be a no-brainer, no pun intended.

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Also readers tend to stay inside instead of going and doing stupid stuff with their friends lol

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I mean it really makes sense, work out your brain like your muscles and it lasts longer. You don’t expect a 40 year old car to run on low oil for half its life

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The full text of the study is free online for those who want to read it: “A chapter a day: Association of book reading with longevity” (Bavishi, Slade, & Levy, 2016) Bullet points: *based on survey data of 3635 US adults over 50 *the effect is still observable after adjusting for wealth/education/gender/other demographic identifiers *books > magazines for living longer *didn’t examine ebooks/audiobooks

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