{"id":233530,"date":"2026-03-18T02:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/dick-van-dyke-credits-his-longevity-to-one-habit-and-science-supports-it"},"modified":"2026-03-18T02:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T07:03:13","slug":"dick-van-dyke-credits-his-longevity-to-one-habit-and-science-supports-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/dick-van-dyke-credits-his-longevity-to-one-habit-and-science-supports-it","title":{"rendered":"Dick Van Dyke Credits His Longevity to One Habit, And Science Supports It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/dick-van-dyke-credits-his-longevity-to-one-habit-and-science-supports-it.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dick Van Dyke, the legendary American actor and comedian who starred in classics such as Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, turned 100 on December 13. The beloved actor credits his <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/topics\/longevity-20168\">remarkable longevity<\/a> to his <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/p\/books\/100-rules-for-living-to-100-an-optimist-s-guide-to-a-happy-life-dick-van-dyke\/7928935?ean=9781408736777&next=t\">positive outlook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/life-style\/dick-van-dyke-health-new-book-b2877969.html\">never getting angry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While longevity of course comes down to many factors \u2013 including genetics and lifestyle \u2013 there is some truth to Van Dyke\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n<p>Numerous studies have shown that keeping stress levels low and maintaining a positive, optimistic outlook are correlated with longevity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dick Van Dyke, the legendary American actor and comedian who starred in classics such as Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, turned 100 on December 13. The beloved actor credits his remarkable longevity to his positive outlook and never getting angry. While longevity of course comes down to many factors \u2013 including genetics and [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[412,269,224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genetics","category-life-extension","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233530\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}