The simple exercise of sitting down and standing up again without holding onto anything, could give insight into how long you'll live.

This is the belief of a group of physicians, who came up with the ‘sitting-rising test’ to measure patients’ flexibility and strength.

They developed a scoring system for the test and found that people who scored three points or less out of 10 were more than five times as likely to die within six years as those who scored eight points or more.

To read more about the Brazilian doctors who developed this test and their longevity study, JUST CLICK HERE!

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