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Your Retirement Life: “The Cheapest Health Insurance There Is”

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Tom, a friend of mine, recently sent me an email about what he called the four pillars of health: “Sleep, eating, movement and stress management.”

The email was in response to my post on the importance of exercise, Your Retirement Life: Do Something.

Tom attached to the email an article from The New York Times about how exercise is the closest thing there is to a wonder drug. What struck me most of all was when he called a pair of shoes and regular walking “the cheapest health insurance there is.”

Earlier this year Fidelity estimated that the average retired couple would spend $280,000 on health care and medical expenses in retirement. Investing in yourself with exercise and Tom’s four pillars is a great way to let you spend more of that money enjoying retirement rather than at the doctor’s office.

Here’s what Tom wrote:

 

EJ,

After reading your article today I thought you may enjoy this article I have saved from a few years ago. Even if its from the New York Times:)

A pair of shoes and regular walking is the cheapest health insurance there is. And then consider the fact that socialization is the number one

predictor of longevity ahead of all self help factors. That’s why Buffet can drink 6 cherry cokes a day:)

One of the best selling factors for chiropractic care is its ability to help people continue to be functional and active especially coupled with the four health

pillars: Sleep, eating, movement and stress management!

You cannot buy health from a bottle!

Regards,

Tom

P.S.  The best time of the year is here: Fall fishing, waterfowl, upland and big game hunting:)

From The New York Times:

Closest Thing to a Wonder Drug? Try Exercise

If the effects of exercise could be put in a pill and prescribed, it would be rightly hailed as an almost miraculous cure. So get off the couch.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/upshot/why-you-should-exercise-no-not-to-lose-weight.html

Originally posted on Yoursurvivalguy.com.

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E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@youngresearch.com.

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