Comments on: What can we learn from those 100 yrs old

By: Vladimir

Vladimir

i am not so sure. I never heard one of them complain about lack of drugs.

By: Bruce

Bruce

I hate to play the devils advocate, but all the dead people who didn't take drugs to extend their lives (since they didn't have them) would probably disagree with you. Sure a good life, well lived should extend your life.

By: Judith

Judith

That last sentence says it all! It's all about the choices you make in how you live and what attitude you have when dealing with the roller coaster of life.

Stress is a biggie -- don't sweat the small stuff or the things out of your control to control! Take things day-by-day and make the right decisions -- we all know what they are, don't we? ;-)

By: Vladimir

Vladimir

"if we had time..". yeah :)

By: Vladimir

Vladimir

Well those too, of course :)

By: Christoph

Christoph

Don't let the stress get you.

Many people say the Mediterranean Diet is so healthy, due to olive oil, etc. But in realtiy the people i.e. on Crete get significantly older than the average rest of us because the simply reject stress. If something can't be done today they (at least the 'old style' people who really get older) don't even try to get it done today. Instead they quietly prepare everything to get it done tomorrow and they also prepare their arguments on why it will not be finished today. But they don't freak out by making numerous hours of over-time. In the end the mess out 100% of these deadlines while we totally stressed folks mess up only 93%.
We could learn a lot from these people, if we had time to reflect their way of doing. At least I think we could... :-D

By: pinkpackrat

pinkpackrat

Hmmm don't forget the part about not smoking, drinking alcohol in moderation, and getting lots of exercise. These three things are the fountain of youth IMHO-- Good advice here and I agree totally with everything you say.