11 Health Habits That Will Help You Live to 100

I have followed most of thse recommendtions for over 35 years and now, at age 64 1/2, everyone has trouble believing my age because I look and act at least 15 years younger. Even though my family medical history puts me at slightly higher risks for diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, I am so healthy and free of any of those that my doctors are amazed at my excellent test results. My parents lived into their early 80s, and I hope to live a lot longer. I also use weights and resistence exercises to strengthen and maintain muscles and joints.

Jennie Brady of FL 5:23PM January 11, 2013

Anyone that read this artical should run for the hills. This artical will kill you early if you follow it's advice. Almost everything this artical says is counter to what you need to do. For one let me let everyone know that there is no such thing as a perfect diet. At least not anymore. Back in the day before we used up our soils our food would get all it's minerals and then some from the earth. Now we have had so many seasons of crops on the soil there is nothing left. We use to get all our minerals this way so eating right was easy. Now a farmer can not grow his crops without some minerals so he puts the minerals in himself. The only problem is he only puts in just enough to make the plant grow. This is done because a farmer gets paid based on how many of the crop he can grow not how many extra minerals are in it. The human body needs 60 minerals and plants need less then 10. So when you eat your food you are not even close to getting everything you need. This means no matter what you eat no matter if it is organic or processed you will end up with a disease associated with the lack of that mineral. And the lack of one mineral can manifest itself in literally 100s of ways. For example lack of calcium causes high blood pressure and a slew of bone problems. Dont believe me? Just go out and find someone with high blood pressure and give them a high dose of calcium on a daily basis and watch them get cured. I would literally have to write another artical to go through why almost everything that was said in this artical is false. Just do yourself a favor and do the opposite.

"Trust me I'm a Doctor" of FL 2:38PM August 21, 2012

my father is 104 and 1/2 and has never had a major disease. he is in no pain, has all his mental faculties and memory. he has a large loving family and was married for 70 years. he is an old school patriarchal boss type who loves his family, even if he still insists on telling them (still) what to do. He drinks soda everyday, eats processed big store cookies and ice cream. Does not care about eating organic or any other alternative health issue. Love peanut butter and jelly, the processed kind, meat, chicken and everything bad. I am his polar opposite, totally organic and alternative.

Mitchell Jono of NY 9:41AM July 18, 2012

All good ideas to follow. Thanks for putting it all together.

Ellie of MD 9:46PM April 27, 2012