Food choices made by 100 year olds

Want to live to a ripe old age?

Florence Baldwin, Britain’s oldest woman who has just turned 113, credits her longevity to a daily fried egg sandwich.

And while science can tell us what shortens life span (smoking and being overweight come to mind) researchers have for along time struggled to identify things that help us live longer.

Eating the right food can certainly help but what should you eat?

So, below is a list of ten suggestions from centenarian’s when asked about the secret to their longevity.

1) Herring and orange juice – This is the secret of 115-year-old Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper. Herring is a good source of omega 3 fatty acids known to be beneficial to your heart and cardiovascular system. Her glass of orange juice a day provides vitamin C and a whole load of antioxidants.

2) Vegetables – A variety of these healthy foods cut the risk of cancer and heart disease, and are a regular part of the menu for 120-year-old Mariam Amash.

3) Custard cakes – 114-year-old Mitoyo Kawate swears by this very sweet treat and who can argue with her? Experts say that as a part of a healthy, balanced diet, a few treats now can make a stricter diet in other places easier to maintain.

4) Alcohol in moderation – This is the secret of 113-year-old Lucy d’Abreu. A few drinks has been shown to lower the potential risk of heart disease. However, alcohol intake has been connected to cancer and too much is known to bring a variety of health complications. Moderation is key.

5) Sausage in bread – was the extravagance of rural Ukranian Hryhoriy Nestor, though conventional wisdom balks at eating processed meat doing so hasn’t hurt this still active elder. Experts insist such foods should only be part of a balanced diet that includes lots of veggies and plenty of regular exercise.

6) Bread, dripping, salt – Although perhaps living to over 100 in spite of this highly unhealthy diet choice, known to increase the risks of heart disease and high blood pressure. Still Yorkshire lady Ada Mason swears this is the reason she has celebrated 111 birthdays and counting.

7) Porridge – Scotswoman Annie Knight, 111 years old, starts every day eating this traditional Scottish breakfast. It gives her body a dose of fiber, and adding milk makes porridge full of other nutrients like calcium too.
Boiled rice and chicken – This combination is a great source of starch and low fat protein, as well as fiber, vitamins and minerals. At 114, Yukichi Chuganji, who doesn’t really like vegetables, continues to enjoy this meal regularly instead.

9) Cottage cheese – A great source of calcium, and other nutrients, important for your bones, teeth and overall health. This food is the favorite of the world’s oldest woman, Sakhan Dosova, who has reached an astonishing 130 years old.

10) Donkey milk – although you won’t find this in local grocery store, 116-year-old Maria Esther de Capovilla, swears this milk is the reason she’s lived so long.

As you can see from the list not all are within the recommendations we’ve come to know. So before you start stocking up on some of the more unconventional “goodies”, it’s important to note that what these remarkable people eat may only be part of the reason they live so long.

Good genes certainly play a role, as does the things these people did early in life.

Perhaps what their mothers did while they carried these children, or a lack of stress in early life could be part of the picture. No one knows for sure.

And here’s what Dr. de Grey, whose Methuselah Foundation is funding research into regenerative medicine for aging, says those in the over 100 club have in common, “If there’s one thing we can say about centenarians, it’s that nothing bothers them.

Next – just head on over to the Daily Health Bulletin for more information on the 10 foods eaten for longevity, plus for a limited time get 5 free fantastic health reports. Click here to view an automated video on this longevity diet study.

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