Daily Habits That Can Shorten Your Life

According to research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, a sweet or salty snack at midnight may increase the risk of heart disease or diabetes.

While you are eating, watching TV and a host of other dirty habits may seem less dangerous. But it turns out these "small" habits can invite germs and can shorten your age. Do not believe? Here are the daily habits that can reduce your age.

1. Snacking at midnight

According to research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, a sweet or salty snack at midnight may increase the risk of heart disease or diabetes.

"This habit increases the risk of heart disease and diabetes because you will have high triglyceride levels after meals," said one study author Ruud Buijs, Ph.D.

Triglycerides are harmful blood fats that accumulate in the fat tissue mostly around the stomach and you can not get rid of it easily, he explains.

2. The desire to eat salty thing

According to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, too much salty food causes 9.5 percent of all total deaths associated with diet.

The study found that 45.4 percent of all deaths from heart disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes were associated with eating too much salt. Too much salt can damage the heart or kidneys and this is the leading cause of death.

3. Nails biting

"Nail biting can put both oral bacteria, such as Eikenella corrodens or skin bacteria, usually Streptococcus or staphylococcus to the skin," says Adam Friedman, MD, a professor of dermatology at the George Washington School of Medicine and Hospital in Washington DC. 

In some numbers, bacteria can enter the bloodstream and eventually can cause sepsis, a potentially life-threatening blood infection, he said.

According to research from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, a sweet or salty snack at midnight may increase the risk of heart disease or diabetes.

4. Squeezing pimples

"Punching, scratching, suppressing acne potentially disrupts the damaged skin barrier in acne and allows incoming aggressive bacteria and possibly entry," says Dr. Friedman.

5. Forget the breakfast

"Breakfast regulates your appetite throughout the day, so skipping it makes you eat more later that makes you gain weight and you know being overweight or obese increases the risk of heart disease and death," says Dana Greene, a nutritionist from Boston.