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)

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