The key to living longer could be to eat a healthy, balanced diet - including at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day - as well as regular exercise. But you could boost your life expectancy by simply doing 15 minutes of exercise every day.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including a well-rounded diet is crucial to prolonging your lifespan.

You could also boost your lifespan by doing regular exercise. Its the miracle cure weve all been waiting for, according to the NHS.

Making some small diet or lifestyle changes could help to increase your life expectancy and avoid an early death.

One of the easiest ways to make sure you live longer is to do just 15 minutes of exercise each day.

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Short bursts of activity could add up to three years on your lifespan, a dietitian has revealed.

Fifteen minutes of exercise could provide you with some benefits.

For every extra 15 minutes of daily activity you do each day, your risk of premature death is lowered by around four percent, according to Alina Petre.

"Everyone should consider doing more than 15 minutes of exercise every day, but anything is better than not doing any activity at all," she wrote on medical website Healthline.

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"Many people think that life expectancy is largely determined by genetics.

"However, genes play a much smaller role than originally believed. It turns out that environmental factors like diet and lifestyle are key.

"It should come as no surprise that staying physically active can keep you healthy and add years to your life.

"As few as 15 minutes of exercise per day may help you achieve benefits, which could include an additional three years of life."

Regular exercise is a crucial aspect to improving overall health, and helping you to live longer.

People that do regular exercise are up to 50 percent less likely to develop type 2 diabetes and some cancers, said the NHS.

It may even slash the chances of coronary heart disease and stroke by up to 35 percent.

All UK adults should aim for at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity every week.

Meanwhile, you could also lower your risk of an early death by drinking green tea, it's been claimed.

The tea has powerful antioxidants that have been claimed to increase longevity.

These antioxidants, which are known as catechins, protect against a number of medical conditions, including heart disease and diabetes.

Drinking more than four cups of green tea every day could lower your risk of death by as much as 23 percent, scientists have revealed.

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