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Your attitude could help you live seven years longer – expert shares what to do

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There’s no doubt that good dietary choices and a healthy lifestyle are the pillars of a long life .

However, your attitude and outlook could also play a major role when it comes to the number of years you have under your belt, according to the book Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life .

Considered one of the most popular books about longevity, the work highlights practices of blue zones , which describe areas with some of the longest-living people in the world.

Most people at or near the age of 100, also known as centenarians, have some personality traits in common that may have helped their long lifespan.

Interestingly, a positive attitude is one of these traits that links many of them together.

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Positive attitude could help you live seven years longer - expert.

Positive attitude could help you live seven years longer – expert. (Image: GETTY)

Nicci Roscoe , holistic health and wellbeing expert, told Express.co.uk : “Choosing to have a positive attitude can change your perception of any challenges going on in your life – from health or relationship issues to work or financial problems.

“It can boost your longevity by having a positive outlook that will send positive messages to your subconscious mind.

“If you continue having a negative attitude, your subconscious hears you and continues to feed your mind and body with pessimistic thoughts.

“Our body reacts to this and can even be the cause of the onset of disease.”

“If you continue having a negative attitude, your subconscious hears you and continues to feed your mind and body.

“If you continue having a negative attitude, your subconscious hears you.” (Image: GETTY)

Furthermore, a 2019 study by Boston University School of Medicine also backs positivity as a potent approach for longevity .

Looking at 69,744 women and 1,429 men, the researchers discovered that optimistic people live, on average, seven years longer than their more pessimistic friends.

Participants with a positive outlook also seemed more likely to live to age 85 and more.

Roscoe, who is also the author of the new book Manifest your Everything, said: “Depending on your circumstances – and what you do to enhance your health and wellbeing – can make a huge difference to your lifespan.

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From a healthy diet to exercise, there are many ways to boost longevity.

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“Just by telling yourself, ‘I’m looking forward to today’, ‘I feel strong and in control’ or ‘I feel calm, relaxed and happy’, you are re-training your brain to focus on positive outcomes and making the changes you want.”

If positivity doesn’t come naturally to you, the expert explained you can retrain your brain to look at things differently.

“When you only focus on what you can’t do, you’re sending your subconscious negative messages,” she said.

Instead, she recommended changing your attitude and focusing on things you can control.

Is it safe to work outside? What experts advise as Canadian wildfire smoke stifles East Coast.

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Millions of Americans face poor air quality advisories as smoke from Canadian wildfires sweeps across the Northeast, afflicting outdoor workers, commuters and just about anyone who ventures outside Wednesday in affected areas.

Although health experts recommend staying indoors, that’s not possible for people whose work requires them to be outdoors, noted Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos, a lung specialist who is a spokesperson for the American Lung Association.

“Ideally, a lung doctor would say, ‘If you can stay home, stay home’,” Dr. Galiatsatos told CBS MoneyWatch. “But people are going to come back to me and say, ‘I need to go outside and work’.”

If you can’t stay inside, Dr. Galiatsatos recommends a few precautions to keep your lungs and heart safe. First, he said, wear a tight-fitting mask, ideally with a one-way valve, that will filter out particulates from the smoke. If you have masks left over from the pandemic that don’t have one-way valves, like N95s or surgical masks, wearing one of those can also help protect your lungs, he noted.

“If you work outside, I would urge you to please, please wear a mask to protect yourself,” he said.

To avoid both large and small particles carried by smoke, the Environmental Protection Agency says dust masks aren’t enough.

“Paper ‘comfort’ or ‘dust’ masks — the kinds you commonly can buy at the hardware store — are designed to trap large particles, such as sawdust,” the EPA said on its website. “These masks generally will not protect your lungs from the fine particles in smoke.”

Change your clothes after working outside

Dr. Galiatsatos also recommends that people who work outside change out of their clothes when they get home and put them directly in the wash. Particulates can infiltrate clothing and then be inhaled by the person or their family members once they return indoors.

“It’s like the old days of asbestos — the child breathed it in from their parents’ clothes,” he noted.

Is it safe to work outside?

Spending time outdoors without a mask during periods of poor air quality can lead to health problems in both the near- and longer-term, Dr. Galiatsatos said.

Landscapers, construction workers, highway maintenance personnel and outdoor recreation workers like lifeguards spend the greatest potion of their workdays outside, according to the Labor Department. Such workers should mask up and wash their clothes when they are done working, experts advise.

But others, like delivery people, bike messengers, preschool teachers and truck drivers, also spend part of their time outdoors and should wear masks while outside.

People with underlying lung or heart problems, like asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are most at risk, but even people without such conditions can be impacted by the particulates from wildfires,  Dr. Galiatsatos said.

“Brief exposure to poor air quality can make you a patient later on,” he said.

Is it safe to go outside?

People who live farther away from the fires, such as in New York City or Washington, D.C., may in fact be at more risk because the particulates are smaller by the time they reach those locations, compared with people who live closer to the fires, Dr. Galiatsatos said. Smaller particles are more likely to reach the narrowest airways in the lungs, where they can do damage, he added.

Check your air quality levels on your weather app. If the air quality index is below 100, a range considered moderate, that should be safe for you to be outside, he said. But if the air quality is poor, it’s best to wear a mask — even if you are working in your garden or taking your dog for a walk.

“I would try to minimize the time you spend outside,” he said.

Emotional Holly Willoughby ’employs Meghan Markle tactic to power through scandal’ – expert

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Holly Willoughby marked her return to This Morning on Monday with an emotional statement addressing the fallout with her former co-star of 13 years, Phillip Schofield .

According to a PR expert, Holly faced “intense scrutiny” after disgraced Phillip revealed details of his “unwise but not illegal” affair with a much younger ITV colleague on Friday.

Seated alongside presenter Josie Gibson, who has replaced Phil for now, Holly admitted she had been left “shaken, troubled, let down and worried” amid the scandal.

Mark Borkowski, PR guru of Borkowski agency, gives credit to the ‘nervous’ 42-year-old for addressing the upset ‘head-on’ and likens her soft ‘theatrical’ approach to that of Meghan Markle .

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Holly began her speech with a “deep breath” before checking in with viewers.

“It feels very strange indeed sitting here without Phil,” she began.

“And I imagine that you might have been feeling a lot like I have – shaken, troubled, let down, worried for the wellbeing of people on all sides of what’s been going on, and full of questions.”

Dressed in a sleeveless white buttoned dress, Willoughby continued: “You, me and all of us at This Morning gave our love and support to someone who was not telling the truth, who acted in a way that they themselves felt that they had to resign from ITV, and step down from a career that they loved. That is a lot to process.

“And it’s equally hard to see the toll that it’s taken on their own mental health.

“I think what unites us all now is a desire to heal, for the health and wellbeing of everyone.”

“Holly rattled off her key messages in a theatrical, Meghan Markle-esque semi-whisper” (

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Finishing off her statement, the mum-of-three thanked viewers for their support, adding: “I hope that as we start this new chapter, and get back to a place of warmth and magic that this show holds for all of us, we can find strength in each other.

“And from my heart, can I just say thank you for all of your kind messages and thank you for being here this morning.

“Myself, Josie, Dermot (O’Leary), Alison (Hammond), Craig (Doyle), and every single person that works on this show will continue to work hard every single day to bring you that, this show that we love.”

In response, Mark told the Mirror: “Questions remain about just how Holly could have remained unaware of a liaison that was almost common knowledge in ITV circles and happening under her nose.

“Of course, she was never going to answer that question directly on her return to This Morning – that would be a zero-sum game – but she did address the scandal head-on, signalling her confession in advance of the show’s airing in order to cushion the landing.

Holly admitted it was “strange” to be on-set without former co-star Phil (

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Phillip quit This Morning and later ITV after admitting to an affair with a colleague (

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“Seeming genuinely nervous, Holly rattled off her key messages in a theatrical, Meghan Markle-esque semi-whisper: she’s been shocked by the scandal, Phillip let her down, but she hopes he’s okay, ‘now let’s get on with the show and never speak of this again’.

“It was performative but effective, and, though it won’t put this issue to bed completely, it may just signal that Holly has the strength and self-assurance to power through this scandal… assuming no further damaging revelations come to light.”

In interviews last week with The Sun and BBC , Phillip, 61, confirmed that Holly did not know about the affair, and has apologised for lying to her.

She apparently did not respond to his latest text message to try and make things right.

In the following hours after his revelation, Holly took to Instagram to express how “hurt” she was amid the news.

“When reports of this relationship first surfaced, I asked Phil directly if this was true and was told it was not,” she shared.

“It’s been very hurtful to now find out that this was a lie.”

Phillip revealed last week just how detrimental the turmoil had been for his mental health, telling The Sun it has had a “catastrophic effect” on his mind and he is getting by “hour by hour”.

An overnight report in The Sun suggested Schofield indicated he would watch Willoughby’s return to screen, with a friend telling the publication he “physically could not watch – he’s not there yet”.

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Inside terrifying boom in UK’s most dangerous dog breed as breeders use pups as weapons & experts warn of deadly summer

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IN the past 18 months the American Bully XL has fatally savaged eight people.

Now it’s emerged the genetically modified breed, which shares DNA with banned American Pitbulls , is responsible for nearly a quarter of Britain’s dog deaths .

And an expert is warning this summer’s hot weather could bring more killings – while another says the number of criminal breeders is now “overwhelming”.

Dog trainer Rob Metcalfe, from One to One Training School, is receiving frantic calls every day from terrified owners.

Rob said: “I recently had a case where an owner was too frightened to be on her own in the house with her dog unless it was locked in the kitchen.

“I said I needed to return with specialist equipment but I haven’t heard from her since. It’s worrying. That dog could get out and bite someone.

“The XL Bully grows to 70kg in next to no time. Many are purchased as a fashion accessory and some owners think they can watch a YouTube video and learn how to handle them.”

The breed has exploded in popularity since the American Bully breed was recognised by the United Kennel Club in July 2013.

XL refers to the dog’s size of which there are four – pocket, standard, classic and XL.

Their popularity is being fuelled by social media and the breed is increasingly being used by unscrupulous breeders and owners as weapons.

The Sun on Sunday previously revealed Bully XLs — under macho names such as Unstoppable Juggernaut — are being sold without any apparent checks on Facebook , Gumtree and Instagram .

Many clip off their ears in a bid to make them look more fierce, while some breed them in squalor so they develop behavioural issues and don’t give them appropriate training.

The combination has led to ticking time bombs.

Last month dad-of-five Jonathan Hogg, 37, was killed after being attacked by a XL Bully in Leigh, Greater Manchester .

Other victims include Bella Rae Birch , a 17-month-old little girl who was attacked at home in St Helens, Merseyside , by a dog which her family had owned for just a week.

And 10-year-old Jack Lis was mauled to death by an eight-stone dog called Beast in November 2021 in Caerphilly, south Wales – with his heartbroken mum forced to identify his body by his shoe .

Another victim was Ann Dunn, 65, who died at her home in Vauxhall, Liverpool, of “catastrophic injuries” after trying to break up a fight between two dogs, before the American bulldog turned on her.

Since 2013 there have been 42 people killed by dogs across the UK. Ten of those cases involved an XL Bully.

One is three-year-old Rosie who, at just eight-months-old, killed two dogs.

Her owner was arrested and charged and she was put in police kennels for two years. She is now at the All Bullie Charity Rescue.

Manager Kerryanne Shaw, 37, from Glasgow, said: “Rosie was being used by her owner as a weapon. He took pleasure in seeing her attack other animals.”

The owner was sentenced on different matters but the dog charge was never pursued.

Kerryanne said: “Rosie was assessed by the police behaviourist and found to pose no risk to humans at all.

“She will be homed but she will have to wear a muzzle out in public because of her previous history with other animals.”

The Hope Rescue Centre in Llanharan, near Cardiff, are seeing many who will never be fit for rehoming.

Founder Vanessa Waddon, said: “We’ve had to make some tough decisions. The sheer scale of unlicensed and illegal breeders is overwhelming.”

We’ve had to make some tough decisions. The sheer scale of unlicensed and illegal breeders is overwhelming

Vanessa Waddon, founder of The Hope Rescue Centre

Jane Robinson, the chair of Association of Pet Dog Trainers UK, has warned that this summer there could be more incidents.

She said: “If a dog is hot, thirsty and not coping in a new and unknown environment, their stress levels will increase, their tolerance will decrease and they will be more likely to get angry and react.”

Phillip Symes, 64, who lost his son Ian in an attack last year, said: “XLs are bred to kill — they shouldn’t be allowed.”

But many experts don’t believe the breed should be banned and are calling for a clampdown on unlicensed and illegal breeders and unqualified trainers.

Jane said: “Banning a breed runs the risk of forcing unregulated breeders underground.

“They’ll then breed something else and give it a different name.”

BANNED DOG BREEDS

  • Pit Bull Terrier
  • Japanese Tosa
  • Dogo Argentino
  • Fila Brasileiro

England’s first Ashes Test: Our experts select their Edgbaston XIs after Jack Leach setback

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The shock news of Jack Leach’s Ashes-ending injury has left England scrambling to replace their front-line spin bowler and triggered questions about whether they can afford to stick with a plan for ‘hard and fast’ pitches.

With Ben Stokes keen to take the fight to Australia while staying true to their new approach under Brendon McCullum, the loss of Leach – who has bowled more overs under Stokes than any other bowler – is a sizeable blow.

Stokes and McCullum face a conundrum in whether to select a replacement spin bowler for next week’s first Test at Edgbaston , or change tack and go for an all out pace attack and rely on Joe Root as an alternative.

Here, Telegraph Sport’s team of cricket writers select their team for the opening Test of the Ashes.

Nick Hoult

Crawley, Duckett, Pope, Root, Brook, Stokes, Bairstow, Woakes, Wood, Robinson, Anderson

After the Leach injury England should revisit their flat and fast pitch request, leave a little grass on the Edgbaston surface and go all out seam, playing on Australia’s weakness against the moving ball.

Moeen Ali should come into the squad and work on his bowling until he is ready to play at Lord’s. Chris Woakes was left out against Ireland but that was to have a look at Josh Tongue , who is not needed if Mark Wood plays. Woakes and Ollie Robinson can bowl the bulk of overs, taking the pressure off James Anderson and his groin injury, leaving Wood to bowl in short sharp bursts.

Scyld Berry

Duckett, Crawley, Pope, Root, Brook, Stokes, Bairstow, Woakes, Robinson, Broad, Anderson

Old Trafford in 1956, where Jim Laker took 19 wickets, and Headingley 1972: two examples when England shamelessly/pragmatically produced the pitch they needed to beat Australia. Edgbaston now has to be a greentop on which England’s seamers – including Woakes for Leach – will pitch fuller than Australia’s.

Then Moeen, after playing the four-day game for Warwickshire v Notts, to return for the last four Tests. He did a great job at number eight in the 2015 Ashes – a rapid 293 at 36 – or might even be opening, as well off-spinning, by the Oval.

Tim Wigmore

Crawley, Duckett, Pope, Root, Brook, Stokes (c), Bairstow (wk), Broad, Wood, Robinson, Anderson

A personal view remains that James Vince – averaging 79.5 this Championship summer and 175.5 in five T20 Blast games – could have thrived as an opener in this regime. But there is no chance of any changes in England’s top seven now.

Instead, the question concerns the make-up of England’s attack. With Leach’s injury and Stokes only having bowled one over in all cricket since February, picking four seamers, and then using Root if needed against Australia’s four left-handers, would seem to be a fairly straightforward decision. The tail is a slight concern – one reason, together with his stellar home record, why Woakes is an attractive option – but the logic of beginning the series with England’s four best seamers is hard to ignore.

Will Macpherson

Crawley, Duckett, Pope, Root, Brook, Stokes, Bairstow, Dawson, Broad, Wood, Anderson

There is a strong case for going with an extra seamer, especially given England like chasing. But Leach has been such a key part of England’s selection plans that they will surely replace him. Anderson looks a bit closer to fitness than Robinson, who can wait until Lord’s.

Liam Dawson might seem an unsexy choice, but he offers a like-for-like replacement for Leach, and is in form with both bat and ball [as much as that is possible for a spinner in early season]. Had Leach gone down in Pakistan, England would have called on Dawson. His batting would shorten England’s tail, and is punchy enough to suit Bazball.

I like Will Jacks and Rehan Ahmed but it’s early days, and surely too risky. Jacks’ case is hurt by the presence of Root’s off-spin, too.

Who should replace Jack Leach and who should start the first Test v Australia? Tell us your picks in the comments section below