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Healthy Aging -
Most people probably think of aging as a gradual
physical decline from middle age onward, eventually
matched by a slowing down of the ability to learn or
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Centenarians Reveal Key to Long Life
Longevity Attributed to Spirituality, Faith, Hard
Work and Clean Living.
By Jennifer
Warner
WebMD Medical News
The secret to a long life is a
combination of spirituality, hard work, and clean
living, according to new survey of those who may
know best -- centenarians.
Researchers asked 100 people aged 99
years or older about the secret to their longevity,
and nearly a quarter credited their faith and
spiritual care (23%) rather than good genes or
medical care.
Other contributing factors to
longevity were:
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Working hard (12%)
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A healthy diet (9%)
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"Living a clean, good life" (9%)
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Not smoking (8%)
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Care and love from their family
(8%)
Few Regrets
If they had it to do all over again,
few said they would have done things differently
over the past 100 years.
Nearly three out of five said there
was nothing -- or they didn't know of anything --
that they would have done more of in their lives;
78% said there was nothing they would have done less
of in the past.
But when pressed to name any regrets,
some said they wished they had traveled more (13%),
worked less (9%), or spent more time with their
families (6%).
Looking back, nearly a quarter of the
centenarians (24%) named their 30s as the best time
of their lives, followed by their 20s (15%). But
more than one in 10 (11%) said that they are
happiest today and rated their 11th decade as the
best time in their lives.
Preparing for the Future
More than half of those surveyed said
they had thought about their own death but only 4%
said they feared it. Nearly two-thirds said they
believed in life after death.
In addition, more than two-thirds
said they knew what a living will was, and 61% had
prepared one.
A living will is a legal document
that states in advance a person's desires to
receive, or to withhold, life-support procedures and
communicates this information when he or she is
unable to.
The telephone survey was conducted
among 66 females and 34 males who were 99 years or
older, with two-thirds between the ages of 100 and
104, by Strategic Research Partners, LLC, on behalf
of Evercare, a health and well-being services
company for the elderly and chronically ill.
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These
centenarians are known
exclusively for attainting high
age:
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Anne Samson
(February 27, 1891 -
November 29, 2004 at age
113), oldest nun ever
documented
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Daphne Brann
(August 4, 1890 - March 10,
2001 at age 110), oldest
Assembly of God minister
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Hilda
Erickson (November 11, 1859
- Jan 1, 1968 at age 108),
oldest surviving Utah
pioneer
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Jeanne
Calment (February 21, 1875 -
August 4, 1997 at age
122)longest confirmed
lifespan ever
Source: Wikipedia.org |
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