Live to be 150
A few months back, I reported that one of only several remaining World War I veterans, J. Russell Coffey, passed away at the ripe old age of 109. For centuries, people have been searching for the surefire way to live past the age of 100, and being of able mind and body for the duration as well. The Fountain of Youth was never physically found, but we are all still looking for it.
Part of my opinion is that stress causes illness and wear and tear on the body. So, perhaps thinking about achieving centenarian status just adds to the stress. Pass me the cake made with five sticks of butter per serving like Grandma used to make, and that will preserve me better as it will create a relaxation response in my body as my arteries clog. After all, she was in a bowling league until she was ninety.
Barbara Walters is doing a special on Tuesday night, which is tomorrow. The subject is: Live to 150, Can You Do It?
One of the interviewees is Dr. David Sinclair who will talk about U.S. Lab Tested Resveratrol, which he supports as one of the insurance policies for a longer life. As the site explains, it is not the work of a mad scientist. It is actually the “good” molecules in red wine isolated into a potent form. Why wouldn’t I just slurp back grape juice and red wine? Apparently, the liquid my bladder and the law could stand would not be enough. The product takes out all the negatives such as alcohol and sugar and isolates the “good stuff.”
I plan to tune in to see what he has to say, as well as listen to the tips that some centenarians themselves have to contribute. The jury is still out on whether I will side with them or will keep my trust in the tried and true theories of Ponce de Leon. Just because he didn’t happen to find the actual Fountain of Youth doesn’t necessarily mean it doesn’t exist, right?
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Did you have a chance to watch this? I wrote about it too, but missed it. I would like to know Walters’ take on it.
Sincerely,
L.S.
Barbara Walters was fairly neutral from what I saw. I didn’t get to see the whole show but watched 90% of it.
Part of it I thought was very interesting - talking to 100+ year old folks. I do think that the stuff about isolating the “good stuff” in wine, etc is a valid point. It is known to be helpful already, it is just a question of “effective and safe dosage.”
However, part of the show creeped me out! There was a segment where Barbara Walters goes to Alcor, the place where they cryogenically freeze people. That didn’t creep me out so much, but this one family who they interviewed did. There was a family and the parents were talking about how they signed up for it, and then they said they signed up their three little kids which I found slightly disturbing. I think the disturbing part had a lot to do with the parents. The expressions of the mom and her way of speaking about it reminded me of a Stepford Wife. She just didn’t seem “normal” or real in some way! In contrast, the actual people who worked at Alcor seemed like pretty normal folks, like “Hey, its a job.”