Science says: Reading is GOOD for you

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You're not doing yourself any favors if you're in the 26 percent of American adults who haven't read even part of a book within the past year.

People who read books live longer
That's according to Yale researchers who studied 3,635 people older than 50 and found that those who read books for 30 minutes daily lived an average of 23 months longer than nonreaders or magazine readers. Apparently, the practice of reading books creates cognitive engagement that improves lots of things, including vocabulary, thinking skills, and concentration. It also can affect empathy, social perception, and emotional intelligence, the sum of which helps people stay on the planet longer.

Reading fiction can also help you be more open-minded and creative. Read more about reading here:
https://www.inc.com/christina-desmarais/why-reading-books-should-be-your-priority-according-to-science.html

[ret5hd]

1. I have it from a VERY good source that you are WRONG:

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2. HA!

I loved Ricky. Well, actually I liked Julian better, yum, but I watched all the shows. Have them on DVDs.

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6. Hey, funny coincidence

If you are on FB, I just found this page...https://www.facebook.com/TPBTrinity/

Hi, my name is Trinity, and I have pretty much grown up in front of the cameras on my dad's documentary thing called Trailer Park People or some shit. One day I got to thinking about how much of my life is out there for anyone and their illegitimate brother to see, so I thought I would show you life in the park from MY point of view.
This is a fan site and not the personal site of Jeanna Harrison and she has nothing to do with this page, so quit sending date invites! Please be positive -- or you'll get booted, and enjoy all the things that make up Trailer Park Boys!

There are too many funny things on FB for me to give it up. If they want to tell the world I like the TPB, so be it.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. I love Trailer Park Boys.

Ricky is dumb as a stump but, even when he goes off about something, is essentially a gentle giant.

And I love Julian. All the characters.

[Ohiogal]

3. This is good to know!

I'll keep telling myself this whenever I sit down and open up a book when there's lots to do around the house! (which is just about every day)........

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4. I know, right!

Here's to long life, and less housework.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

7. Don't have a link but my DILs brother works in Chicago

On Alzheimer's research. Couple years ago he told her that there were only two things they were sure about to avoid getting disease....drink at least 2 cups of coffee and read. But he said read novels. Something about immersing your brain in another world...imagining what the people look like..the places look like is good for your brain.

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8. Thanks. Good to know

Guess I need to double my coffee intake.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. If that study can be replicated, it's astonishing.

23 months longer?! Woah! And that's on average. i wonder if the more books you read the longer you tend to live. I also wonder if there are other things correlated with reading that tend to lead to a healthier life style.

I read, lots and lots. I keep a book list, and last year I read 108 books, a personal record. Although since about two-thirds of what I read is non fiction, I'll need to read more novels it looks like.

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11. Shucks, pal

You're going to live to be 108! .....or not.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. Well, I have plans for my 97th birthday.

I want to make it to see the total eclipse of August 12, 2045. It will last more than 4 minutes (along the path of totality) and up to 6 plus minutes, depending on location.

I got to see last August's eclipse in Nebraska, where totality was a bit over two minutes. But four to six minutes. Wow. I want to be there.

So I guess I need to keep on reading.

[LWolf]

13. I explain this

to parents of middle schoolers 100 times a year during parent conferences, and numerous times a year directly to all students in my classes. I have for decades, and I have the decades' worth of research to back it up. It's part of explaining why spending time reading, and providing evidence of that time spent, is the only homework I ever assign, and why they won't get a passing grade if they don't do that homework. Demographically, my students mostly come from poor, under-educated, semi-literate homes that have no actual reading material in the home.

Many of my students eventually discover a love of reading that will last a lifetime. They tell me that while they're with me, and they come back to tell me that after they've gone on. More of them discover academic and intellectual ability that they never thought they had.

If there is one powerful thing to feed growing minds, it's reading.