Bacon - Key to longevity

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dharmagoat
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Re: Bacon - Key to longevity

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Ben wrote:
dharmagoat wrote:
David N. Snyder wrote:No joke. The typical supercentenarian enjoys sweets.
Just a thought: Maybe they enjoy sweets simply because they are old.
More likely they enjoy sweets because they like them.
Darn, I hadn't thought of that.
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Re: Bacon - Key to longevity

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Ben wrote:More likely they enjoy sweets because they like them.
That's a tautology.
Question is, why do they like or enjoy them?
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Kim OHara
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Re: Bacon - Key to longevity

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Viscid wrote: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.
Several studies of known clusters of very old people have come to this conclusion - Sicily, a Greek island at the far east of the Med, and (IIRC) somewhere in the Caucasus. The common factors were regular moderate exertion, mostly natural local foods, and stable close communities.

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