How long do health influencers live? Episode 1 of 3.

Links:

Weston Price’s Appalling Legacy:

Those Ticking Time Bombs Going Off Are Weston Price Foundation People Dying Too Young:

The China Study book:

Bob Harper Super Carb Diet book:

T. Colin Campbell Interview "The China Study" at Hippocrates Health Institute

Ellsworth Wareham longevity talk:

Seven Countries study:

Genius and Partnership: Ancel and Margaret Keys and the Discovery of the Mediterranean Diet

Lifestyle of Chinese centenarians and their key beneficial factors in Chongqing, China:

IN DEFENSE OF FOOD | Dr. Kellogg and the crusade against protein | PBS (Michael Pollan)

Charles Poliquin- Training Volume, Nutrition & Fat Loss:

Nina Teicholz's TEDxEast talk for people who like conspiracy theories.

Dr. Alvenia Fulton, Fasting for Better Health:

[kasiekk]

Aside from diet, I think a major factor that a lot underestimate today is stress, and following that - sleep, fresh air/being out in sunlight, etc

[animatedana]

My gorgeous grandma lived until 104 and a half. She ate everything in moderation and lived a very active life. She drove until she was 103 and lived on her own and did her own yard work and house cleaning. She was actively serving others her whole life. Her life was based on Joy and service, that is how I'm trying to live my life now❤

[drbettyschueler]

I ate a high-protein diet, that was animal based, for 20 years before being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. Virtually everything I ate was commercially prepared as I was working long hours, 7 days a week. When I learned I had cancer, I did a 180 degree turn and started cooking again and focused on the Mediterranean diet. Thirty years later, I'm still alive and kicking and eating the Mediterranean diet. I rarely eat meat, poultry, or fish, take lots of supplements, fast, exercise, and greatly enjoy life. I still have active cancer but my lifestyle has minimized its affect on my body (it is throughout my body but tumor sizes have been held in check). I don't know how much longer I can keep this up, as I'm 79, but I hoping to make it to 120+ lol.

[rh]

As my uncle always said..."It's getting harder and harder to get out of this world alive." He lived to 93 and ate...whatever he wanted. Never hospitalized either.

[valerio]

I think that stress management is #1, diet being a close #2. Simply because we have so many centenarians who are chronic smokers and wine-lovers with a sweet tooth. Many of them are sedentary and have mediocre diets. But the thing that unites all centenarians is a stress-free mindset.

[murrayburke]

On my father’s side, my great grandmother dipped snuff, didn’t drink alcohol, was sedentary, ate an egg every day, and wasn’t focused on her diet. She passed way in the prime of her life at age 102. She believed that we have a “limited number number of steps” in our lives. On my mother’s side, my great aunt smoked cigarettes everyday all day, drank alcohol, baked pies (and ate them) each week, had a sedentary life, and wasn’t concerned about diet. Doctors put her on the nicotine patch at 90 years old and told her to quit cigarettes. She lived to 93. My grandmother (her sister) lived to 95. She didn’t use tobacco, didn’t drink alcohol, was sedentary, and didn’t concern herself with diet. The remarkable thing about these three women is how little they had in common. Perhaps they were just exceptions to the rules that diet and lifestyle matter in longevity. I believe that diet and lifestyle have a bigger influence on the quality of your life, but mean much less when it comes to predicting longevity. There are worse things than dying young; namely, a long life with chronic disease that is influenced by choices in food, beverage and lifestyle.

[luciedagesse]

My grandparents and great grandmother lived a long time, my great grandmother died at 102 after a fall. The biggest thing is they did not eat processed foods back then, They ate a high fat diet and lots of vegetables as well, they even saved their bacon grease and animal fats to cook with. Processed foods are full of chemicals now and our vegetable's and fruits are full of dangerous pesticides that are killing us. Many other countries have banned many food items that are sold in our stores, that should tell you something. The USDA and FDA pass these poisons as safe as long as the company pays them enough to do so.

[fishnlady]

My Grandfather lived to nearly 99 and he ate tons of saturated fat and had something sweet with every meal. I asked him one time what he attributed his long life to and he said don’t stop moving. He walked twice a day for 2-5 miles. I honestly think genetics is the number one reason for longevity. My Mom lived to 90 and she was healthy. She ate everything. On my Dads side they all died in their 40’s and 50’s.

[kelleychilton]

My great-grandfather smoked cigarettes and chewed tobacco all of his adult life. He lived to age 95 and lived by himself until age 93. Now, I'm not advocating these habits, but he was a farmer and grew his own food. He grew a large vegetable garden, had a fruit orchard, raised beef cattle and hogs, had a dairy herd, and raised chickens. He canned his veggies and fruit for consumption during the winter months. He cured hams, shoulders, bacon, and made his own sausage. When he was a young man he worked the fields with a team of horses and mules. He was still a tall, stout man when he had a stroke at age 93. I don't think he ever ate at a restaurant, certainly never ate fast food or any type of processed foods, no TV dinners, he never owned a microwave. He was still physically active until he had a stroke at 93.

[MaxIQ]

My grandfather made it to 101 and his diet was mostly potatoes, cabbage and and other vegetables from his garden.

[JaxObsessed]

Both my parents died of preventable diseases at 66, That was 30 years ago. They retired at 65 and died at 66. I'm 62 and I"m not taking the risks they took.

[officialjbbeverley]

My health dramatically turned around for the better when I cut sugars, large amounts of carbs, and processed foods from my diet. That said, this data you’ve compiled shows some interesting correlations. One thing that often goes unnoticed by many is that the older generations that lived lengthier lives didn’t have to contend with everything being kept in plastic, daily exposure to cancer-causing elements in devices, etc. It would be interesting to see the human lifespan a century or two from now if things don’t change.

[itzhakbentov]

What I’m getting out of this, is that we don’t know enough to make clear cut connections between diet and longevity

[JaneNewAuthor]

I'm about to turn 70. I believe in listening to your body, we're all different. I love eggs, butter, cheese and some meat, but not pork except for sometimes a bit of bacon. I eat some vegies, but I love fruit and eat a lot of it. No alcohol, don't smoke, fast 18:6. No bread, no junk food. Olive oil only.

My father lived to over 90. His health began to decline when he stopped having his daily bacon and egg breakfast. My brother is close to 85, still doing well, has cut out a lot of dairy food.

My grandmother lived to 87, had a stroke at 79, but was very active until then. She'd eat bread and dripping and salt as a snack!

Genetics are important, but so is attitude. Happy, positive people live longer. People with purpose live longer. Keep your mind and body active.

[dimitraBlissDk]

My mom is from a Crete and very Greek Orthodox. We never ate meat on wednesdays and Fridays. During lent we avoided dairy and meat. We ate lots of veggies and beans that we grew. My mom is now 83 and is a power house. She would make the best Greek sweet bread and other Greek pasteries during holy week and we couldn't eat any till Easter (Pascha).

[carynmartin]

My ex husband was a vegetarian/vegan since his late 20's and died of early onset dementia in his early 50's, so there's that...😮

[GERMANFUCKDOWN]

One thing to consider.
Many people get involved with health topics when they begin to struggle themselves.
If someone is healthy as you can be they don’t mind the topic.
So most of them might had some preexisting issues.

[timberline]

Charlotte Gerson would have been a good honorable mention. She spent a lifetime curing cancer and other illnesses with fruits & vegetables and was very active until she passed at 96.

[erniewinn]

My mom was vegan for 65 years. She was never healthy. Had a stroke and lost her hair. She went keto and carnivore and her health turned around.

[elizabethrainer]

My grandmother was vegetarian. She was born in 1912 and lived to one month shy of 103