http://www.eco-friendly-africa-travel.com/longevity-diet.html These groups share a number of attributes. Many are geographically detached from the mainstream, such as on islands, mountainous regions, or rural areas. They exercise, eat plenty of nutrients, and don't eat junk food. They socialize in-person, have a spiritual conscience, and spend time outdoors with the earth. Their local culture respects elderliness.
There's a tendency to become fixated on the more noticeable factors such as dietary issues and body weight. Numerous other factors effect a person's health and well-being. Some of them are more subtle, such as the effects of stressors in life which aren't as easily seen or measured. Those types of factors can be related to how the person is treated by the rest of society or how a person perceives the world (positive or negative). They are modalities that aren't as well understood or explored in conventional modern western-style medicine.
not neccessarily. Stress can wreak havoc on a body. I also think living in a society where elders are held in high esteem probably does have a huge influence on life span. Elderly people tend to lose the will to live once they're put into nursing homes
There was a time when old people used to have wisdom -- mostly those who were around when I was still a kid. The same isn't so true today, since the generations that are today in their 70s, 80s and even 90s were among the first generations to be bombarded with mass media propaganda. I see very little wisdom coming from the elderly today. I see them as being perhaps the most duped of all.
We have gone from living until we are 30, to living until we are nearly 128(world Record) In 1000 years we could possible live until we are 200. Blind eye's guess, but seriously; we are getting smarter everyday.
And we (some of us) likely will due to technology and the human merging with computers and nanotechnology as it relates to transhumanism. The question is will we want to live until we are 200, granted humans still have free will at that point?
Its something people only tend to say though once they get older, not like most of us really gave a shit about older people when we were teens or listened, or if we did it was only those that we were dependant on, or look forward to visiting grandma and grandpa mainly cos theyd give us money or lollies, they had to bribe you cos they know otherwise they are just a bunch of boring old smelly people. How much has the internet changed things?, when I was a kid there was no internet where you could instantly look up a dozen different sources to check if this crap older people were telling you was true or not. Older people have wisdom? Wikipedia has more wisdom And as for longest living peoples, from the WHO list, top three at the moment are 1.Japan, 2.Andorra, 3.Singapore. Are they the most family orientated cultures on earth? Not really. Australia comes in 9th, I wouldnt really think of my country as very family orientated, compared to some parts of the world, and we are also either the second fattest or fattest country on earth, so it isnt wholly about diet either As for stress, there is negative stress and positive stress, the body doesnt really differentiate between the two, just cos negative stress makes you feel bad doesnt mean it is actually worse on the body Singapore is a bit of a surprise, because some parts of that country have the highest population density on earth, the pollution problems that go along with that and the stress that goes along with living sandwiched in with millions of people....and yet the third highest life expectancy, second really cos andorra is just an anomaly
The life expectancy data for Australia is skewed by including the Aboriginal population in the data. Excluded, Australia has the second highest life expectancy on the planet. I think humans are a bit like rabbits, will survive in colder and hotter places but ideally suited to the Mediterranean climate.
My pediatrician lived to be 114. She would never taste her birthday cakes. The last refined sugar she had was at age 70.
Yes, sugar sugar sugar Not that eliminating sugar means anyone can live to 114, but totally convinced nowadays its sugar that is the greatest of all dietary evils
I could point out that these supposedly long-lived asian devourerers of soy and soy products like tofu, (which are known to have estogen mimicing compounds) happen to be some of the most limp-dicked peoples on the planet. Witness the depletion to near extiction from illegal trade, sea horses and other sea creatures deemed to have magical afrodisiac qualitys. http://revpana.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/seahorse-kingpins-stopped-in-action/ "Who knew that dried endangered seahorse powder works as the perfect aphrodisiac and cure for asthma? Just a pinch of the stuff is equivalent to popping a Viagra and taking a hit off an inhaler at the same time. It is important to make sure that the product is endangered; do not be fooled by imitators boasting a ‘vulnerable’ status. ... Last year, law enforcement seized a total of 20 tons of dried seahorse throughout the world, with half a ton found in Peru. The extensive trade is estimated to be a $20 million annual industry, with Hong Kong as the hub for sales to mainland China, Singapore, Korea, and Japan."
An article about the long-lived people of Sardinia mentioned the same thing. http://www.ibtimes.com/sardinias-secret-longevity-genetics-diet-lifestyle-754380 quote: "In Sardinia, elders are continued to be held in high regard and included in family life, and most of them are encouraged by the village to be actively involved as an important social presence. Mario Antonio Attene, the mayor of Silanus, a town of 2,400 with around ten centenarians, made a statement in an online interview saying that the lives of Sardinian old men and women "have great meaning because they do not get locked in a retirement home. They are happy to be alive and convinced it's worth it even though they may be old and ill because they have the affection of children, loved ones and grandchildren." "
