Wanna live past 100? In the villages of Ogliastra in Sardinia, one out of every 200 people in has lived to celebrate a 100th birthday. What they eat: Organic food, moderate amounts of alcohol, and very little meat.
But the secret to longetivity’s still unknown — and perhaps undesirable. Would you like to “live forever as a poor, illiterate sheepherder in an isolated mountain village where resources are scarce?”
The whole article’s a fascinating read. Plus, it’s funny:
So if I’m the kind of person who’s keen to increase my longevity — and who isn’t? — it seems I have two options:
a) Struggle to eat 30 percent fewer calories than “normal.”
b) Eat whatever I want, but find the time (and the capacity) to ingest the equivalent of 100 glasses of red wine every day.
(via 3qd)
October 1st, 2007 at 6:19 am
Option b) sounds extremely enticing ;) I didn’t know I’m working on my longevity when I’m barhopping…
October 1st, 2007 at 11:03 pm
There is the liver to think of too though :P If you’ve read the piece, the pro-wine thing comes from an experiment with rats who were given an enzyme or something that’s in red wine, not vast quantities of red wine straight –