prevent diabetes and hypertension and you can undoubtedly celebrate your 95th birthday says dr shetty who at 57 doesnt smoke or drink and never misses his 45minutes of daily exercise for the 78yearold 10km runner r kanakasabapathy doing what he terms simple exercises is not enough to keep one healthy for long chennaibased kanakasabapathy has been running every single morning for the last five years even when his term as district judge kept him very busy his principle for what counts as exercise is simple i believe that chattering happily with your friends while doing your exercise does not help at all every morning when i go for my run i see a lot of people both young and old coming to the grounds to exercise however there are only a few among these who do anything strenuous i am convinced after years of following my own principles that if you do not engage in strenuous physical exercises whether running or yoga you are not going to live long his sense of extremes extends to his diet too every day after his vigorous run of 10 km and another rigorous 30 minutes of yoga kanakasabapathy rewards himself with a glass of orange and five glasses of neem juice which he makes with the paste of a hundred leaves he calls this his daily dose of antioxidants or age fighters i believe that in life it is the bitter experiences which make you stronger this must be true of food too and in any case i have no health complaints says kanakasabapathy ask uk and chennaibased aesthetic surgeon and agemanagement consultant dr a jeyaprakash what keeps him going and he says age management begins with introspection you need to look at your genes and how your lifestyle is affecting them you might have been born with the genes of an ambassador the car but with the right diet and exercise together with a stress management routine you can turn them into the genes of a ferrari so its all in your hands the single most important aspect of age management according to dr jeyaprakash is a good and healthy diet good nutritious food while keeping count of calories is the way to a long life you must watch what you eat that is most important and leave out processed food and fruit juices that give you nothing but empty calories he adds discipline is the key to good health for patnabased magician kashinath singh who is turning 92 this year a good laugh is the other requisite he hastens to add talking about his daily schedule singh says he wakes up at 5 am and heads straight into a round of yoga and pranayama a routine that hasnt changed in more than the last six decades of his life the first time anything went wrong with my body was when i had a heart attack at 90 and my second one at 91 says singh but that