steps taken to mitigate or reduce your risk for and defend against chronic disease or improve your own long-term health?

What could you do or what steps could you take to mitigate or reduce your risk for and defend against chronic disease or improve your own long-term health? Further, given what you know about yourself…how would you make the changes and sustain those that are beneficial? DO NOT share information you are not comfortable sharing… stay with the science and apply it to general nutrition and health. Cite your sources as appropriate