More On Centenarians
From WFMY News, an overview of present knowledge regarding what contributes to present day human longevity. "Genetics clearly were critical to their long lives. It might skip a generation, but clearly the genetic component was in each of them. ... Each had siblings, parents, or grandparents who had lived a century, or nearly so. ... Each was born to rural life where hard physical work was the constant. It provided a healthy diet, fresh vegetables, fish, soy, and grains, although none was ever a big eater." The article goes into more detail, but the translation to general recommendations likely to increase your healthy life span is all common sense. In many ways, this is somewhat academic - your life span depends far more on the speed with which real anti-aging medicine is developed and commercialized. So support this research!
Link: http://www.wfmynews2.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=50647