EVERYDAY LIFESAVERS

A daily pint isn’t the only ordinary activity that can extend your life

LEND A HAND (OR FOOT)

Volunteering – to run your Sunday league team, say – lowers all mortality risks. Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing and Health

BREW A DOUBLE

Two or three coffees per day could help to delay ageing at the molecular level. Decaf doesn’t have the same effect. Harvard University

TURN THE PAGE

Reading for half an hour per day has a measurably positive effect on your lifespan.

Yale University School of Public Health