Centenarians: Diet, Habits No Better Than Rest Of Us

[Dreamliner]

Just a little perspective here. I'm a fitness trainee but one thing I do NOT promise my trainees is longevity, but only the likelihood that eating less and moving more will add life to their years:

http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/008222.html

Now, the correlation between calorie restriction and longevity is intriguing and bears watching. There does seem to be evidence that starvation is a cure for disease. Still, I remain cautious.

[jdrgator]

I remember watching the news one day about a decade ago. The story was about this 98 year old man and while they interviewed him, he just lit up a cigarette. Said he'd been smoking since he was a kid.

I don't necessarily subscribe to the calorie/food restriction to prevent disease. As far as I know that was just a theory that hasn't borne out empirically. But I could be wrong. Though I think eating worse and harming ones body can play an obvious role in shortening life spans.

[Dreamliner]

We know two things about calorie restriction:

(1) it makes rodents live longer

(2) it improves 'longevity biomarkers' in humans ... but the long-term effect is unknown