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 best ways to lower your chances of an early death, and heart disease, is to add more olive oil to your diet, it's been revealed.

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"Olive oil is a well-known ingredient of the Mediterranean diet, and has many bonuses relating to cholesterol, blood pressure, age-related diseases, and cognitive function," they said in their book Eat Better Live Longer - Understand What Your Body Needs To Stay Healthy.

"The benefits dont stop there, though - it may also help to prevent certain types of cancer.

"About 85 percent of the fats in olive oil are heart-friendly and cholesterol-lowering unsaturates.

"Diets high in saturates are known to raise LDL, or bad cholesterol, while diets rich in unsaturated tend to lower LDL levels."

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How to live longer - the best cooking oil to protect against heart disease and early death - Express