Im thinking it must be the preservatives. I bet she has seen alot of vegetarians come and go.A 105-year-old Texas woman who worked a life of physical labor and mothered seven children revealed the secret to her longevity: bacon.
Bacon - Key to longevity
Bacon - Key to longevity
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Not in Texas.m0rl0ck wrote:I bet she has seen alot of vegetarians come and go.
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Kim O'Hara wrote:Not in Texas.m0rl0ck wrote:I bet she has seen alot of vegetarians come and go.
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Every once in a while I google supercentenarians (living to 110 or higher) just to see who is on the current list and see if there are some things in common. Surprisingly (and perhaps disappointingly for some vegetarians) there is no one type of common diet found among the longest-living. Some eat plenty of veggies and very little animal protein while others eat quite a bit of animal protein. Perhaps the only thing they have in common is good genes, with several close relatives who also lived very long. A few other common things are; taking life easy, not getting too upset over things, an active life, but not overly strenuous (virtually no athletes or former athletes), and eating sweets. Many of the supercentenarians like chocolate and other sweets.
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The longest lived disciples of the Buddha like Bākula and Mahākassapa seemed to be exemplary practitioners of the ascetic practices.
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What is that quote from the Buddha about its better to live one day in the Dhamma than a century without it?
Doing what we can to live a long and healthy life is good, but living our life with the Dhamma as our anchor and guide, is so much better.
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Doing what we can to live a long and healthy life is good, but living our life with the Dhamma as our anchor and guide, is so much better.
kind regards,
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....Not for the pig, it's not.
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Sam Vara wrote:....Not for the pig, it's not.
I shoulda thought of that!!
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Eating sweets? Surely you jest. Junk food is the number one killer.
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No joke. The typical supercentenarian enjoys sweets. I should add though, that they also tend to be on the thin side. Too much junk food can be a killer, especially for those overweight / obese, but for whatever reasons, the supercentenarians seem to enjoy them and it works for them. My great-grandfather was not a supercentenarian, but lived pretty long to the age of 97. He ate cookies for breakfast, a slice of pie for lunch and a small tv-dinner for the evening meal. He was very skinny.alan wrote:Eating sweets? Surely you jest. Junk food is the number one killer.
Some examples:
Jeanne Louise Calment (France); current record holder for longest (verified) lived human to the age of 122.
Ate 1 kilo of chocolate every week
Sarah Knauss (United States)
119
Enjoyed milk chocolate turtles (candy)
Kamato Hongo (Japan)
116
occasional snacks of brown sugar.
Christina **** (Australia)
114
“had an interest in her music and food, particularly chocolate cake"
Gertrude Baines (U.S.)
115
loved ice cream
Emma Morano-Martinuzzi (Italy)
113 (and still living)
eats a "little" chocolate everyday
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I'm going to be a hypercentarian!David N. Snyder wrote: No joke. The typical supercentenarian enjoys sweets.
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I think, in the case of supercentenarians and perhaps more generally, we should be looking less at their diet and more of their lifestyle as a whole-- their philosophy, their responsibilities, their interests, their relationships, the way they manage stress, etc. It is my perception that the people who are most deeply satisfied with living are the ones who tend to live the longest lives.
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Just a thought: Maybe they enjoy sweets simply because they are old.David N. Snyder wrote:No joke. The typical supercentenarian enjoys sweets.
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More likely they enjoy sweets because they like them.dharmagoat wrote:Just a thought: Maybe they enjoy sweets simply because they are old.David N. Snyder wrote:No joke. The typical supercentenarian enjoys sweets.
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in mountain clefts and chasms,
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Learn this from the waters:
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loud gush the streamlets,
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- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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