Posted October 24, 2010 in Blog, General Medical Information, Uncategorized
Who wants to live to 100? Everyone who is 99 (and healthy)!
Israeli physician Nir Barzilai and his staff at the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have asked hundreds of centenarians hundreds of questions about their nutrition, living conditions and habits, alcohol/tobacco/drug consumption, sleep, exercise/activity, education, status, and spirituality. And the secret to their long and healthy lives…..there is no pattern in studying this data.
What has been scientifically proven about living a long life is in personality traits. Most cententurians are extroverted, gregarious, and have a stable social network. They are not neurotic, they are masters of the art of “letting go”.
So as one of my favorite older patients has told me for the past 25 years, “Doc, you’ve got to stay loose”. How right he is! Be well, and Happy Birthday!
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