Living a long time isn’t just about good genes. 4 lifestyle changes that can improve your longevity. (Yahoo)

Yahoo quoted Valter Longo in an article on lifestyle changes, including nutrition, to maximize longevity. Longo’s research suggests that eating a diet that consists of lots of plants and fish and little red meat is associated with a longer life. A diet that includes sufficient but low levels of protein helps to prevent aging acceleration by altering the expression of certain genes associated with the breakdown of our bodies, Longo said. He also noted that this changes around age 65, when more protein is needed.