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From the lens Top Ten Tips To Live Longer.

  • Buck Jul 15, 2011 @ 12:27 pm | delete
    To get to Heaven as young as possible as late as possible.
    Pardon me, but...
    How old would we be if we did not know how old we are?
    BREATHE DEEP & BE!
    Forever young! Carpe Diem!
  • Happy Glow Apr 28, 2011 @ 4:11 pm | delete
    Hi, I came across your site and have enjoyed reading it. I follow a raw vegan diet (3 years and strong) and in my research have learned that by eating less we allow our bodies to continually heal itself and rejuvenate its cells. I am in my late 40s and feel like I'm in my 20s.
  • fadibody Jan 5, 2011 @ 11:38 pm | delete
    Very interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing it to us.

    http://www.bodybyfadi.com
  • CCGAL Nov 11, 2010 @ 6:07 pm | delete
    I've read recently that science has discovered part of why a frugal vegetarian diet may enhance longevity - it has something to do with the division of cells and a little bit breaking off each time, so when the little bits are used up, the body deteriorates. I forget what those little bits are called. I wish it was the other way around ... food is so good and so hard to eat just a tiny amount of. Very interesting lens - I especially enjoyed the part about your grandmother.
  • George Sign Sep 15, 2009 @ 10:33 am | in reply to Michael Walsh | delete
    Then why do you drink and eat the body and blood of Christ at holy communion?
  • JuneMary Sep 2, 2009 @ 8:03 am | delete
    Hi Mike,
    I really enjoyed reading your info.
    A number of years ago I heard about a Chinese man who lived for about 250 years, I'm motivated to find the tape it was on. According to Phillip Day, there are 12 cultures today whose members regularly live to 150. I was told that in Georgia (Russia) you had to be 100 to get onto the town council.
    I note that two of the men came from Yorkshire. It is "God's Own Country" you know!!!
    June.
  • Well Aug 7, 2009 @ 1:34 am | delete
    Very informative!
    BTW, fasting is one of the best way to detoxify your body.
  • fabrizio4 Jul 29, 2009 @ 8:16 am | delete
    To each his/her own. For me, 60 to 80 is enough, but with the health of a 39 year old. I'd rather live live to it's fullest, umm with a steak often, yes, bacon, a stew, meat veggies fruit everything. Jesus never said any crazy thing like I read above-he did not care if you ate meat or didn't eat meat. I like the idea of avoiding what the doctors and the experts say; they are forever changing their minds. Reading all the above, I guess, living in moderation, most of the time helps. Yeah, reviewgirl.
  • JaguarJulie Jun 1, 2009 @ 4:49 pm | delete
    Gosh, some of those people you mention surely lived a very long time! I am not 100% sure I want to live past 100. I'll have to give that a lot of thought. ;)
  • ms-giggles May 3, 2009 @ 9:26 am | delete
    Great Lens. If you were to study the foods of the Bible Pomegranate, Apple Aloe Vera Grapes, Leek, Onion Lentil,, Garlic, Almond, Juniper Berry Mulberry Wheat Grass and much more were mention over and over again in the Bible. These are the foods that gave longevity.These food are in my health drink Genesis that you so gracefully cut down.  People live long when they nourish and protect there bodies.I've lost 8 close family members to cancer, and the cure the doctors sell didn't work!!! We need to be proactive in are health and treat our bodies like temples.
  • Senora_M Apr 27, 2009 @ 9:40 pm | delete
    Interesting lens! 5*s! Live long!
    FREE Samples and Freebies
  • Goodbye_Readers Apr 20, 2009 @ 3:12 pm | delete
    Very interesting lens...it was enlightening...Thanks!
  • Nochipra Apr 15, 2009 @ 1:06 pm | delete
    Very interesting lens! My great grandmother lived to be 89, just a few days short of her 90th birthday and my grandmother is 88 years old now. So their may be some hope for me yet? I do believe the diets have changed over the yrs though with all the processed food now a days. My great grandmother and grandmother ate a lot from their own gardens which I think helps.
  • Snozzle Apr 1, 2009 @ 11:03 am | in reply to Michael Walsh | delete
    . I'm not sure what the 'gospel of the twelve' is but I'm a vegetarian anyway. As for 'cursed is everyone who puts animal flesh in their mouths' I'm afraid I can't agree with this - even though I don't eat meat. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.
    Mike.
  • Michael Walsh Mar 15, 2009 @ 7:41 pm | delete
    according to the gospel of the twelve, which contain the commandments of christ. we are not to hunt and kill animals for pleasure or gain. we are not to eat their flesh or drink their blood. animals are not for food. god provided the fruit of the trees and grass of the field for food to mankind. by eating animal flesh we destroy our bodies and shorten our lives. according to christ (cursed is everyone who puts animal flesh in their mouths. that they will suffer the plaques that will come with it, and their days will be shortened) . so we need to start obeying the true gospel.
  • MiaBellezza Mar 4, 2009 @ 1:17 pm | delete
    Oh this is fascinating. I'm not sure I want to live that long unless I can feel and look as good, or as bad, depending on opinions, LOL, which, if negative, keep to yourselves, as I do now 5*!
  • reviewgirl Feb 24, 2009 @ 7:53 pm | delete
    Oh wow, I never knew there were people who lived THAT long. Personally, I think I would be done at 100! My grandmother lived to 106. She said that if she knew she would live that long, she would have smoked, ate more bacon and done everything the doctors told her not to.
  • Jack2205 Feb 21, 2009 @ 11:30 pm | delete
    Great lens. There are some good tips here to help people live longer.
  • Snozzle Feb 19, 2009 @ 9:47 am | in reply to AlexandraHubbard | delete
    Breathing sure is useful for a long life! I understand what you mean though having done yoga for a lot of years. I've seen cases of yogis who claim to have lived for a very long time. You are right about the oxygen amounts and there is also that magical Prana ingredient which helps.
    Thanks for the comment.
    Mike.
  • AlexandraHubbard Feb 18, 2009 @ 10:11 pm | delete
    Hey, what a great lens! You know a lot of eastern figures are said to have lived hundreds of years as well. I'd also like to add that breathing is an important factor to long life. A lot of people end up breathing too shallowly most of the time, causing tissues to not get as much oxygen as they need to remain young and healthy.
  • Snozzle Feb 18, 2009 @ 10:48 am | delete
    dc64: Delusional or not, I'm sure that we don't have to accept the normal pattern of ageing. Too often what people expect happens. Can't buy alcohol without identification in your 40's - wow, now that must be cool. Wishing you as long as you want in this life.

    Thanks also for your comment SammySpam and everyone else I might not have acknowledged here.

    Mike.
  • dc64 Feb 17, 2009 @ 7:00 pm | delete
    Attitude has a lot to do with it. I plan on living until I want to die, even if it means I'm 500 years old! Actually, I'm in my mid 40's and still get carded when I try to buy alcohol. That's pretty cool. I refuse to get all those old-age maladies, and it seems to work. Maybe my brain has convinced my body that it isn't as old as it thought it was, or perhaps I'm just highly delusional!
  • SammySpam Feb 17, 2009 @ 8:10 am | delete
    Very interesting lens you've created!
  • Snozzle Feb 16, 2009 @ 2:58 pm | delete
    Many thanks for the interesting comments. Looks like not too much disagreement as yet but I can partly go along with Ramkitten's doubt about some of the quoted ages.

    A good point I think also from Ramkitten about 'attitude being a huge factor.' This seems very true as I know people in their 80's who are definitely 'old' whereas a couple of others are walking, laughing and still having a fun life.

    Thanks again everyone for the comments - appreciated.
    Mike.
  • Ramkitten Feb 16, 2009 @ 11:56 am | delete
    Okay, so I'm rather skeptical about the 152 years and up :) ... Methinks some gravestones are bit "off" in those cases, but I certainly do believe those that have been verified, and I believe such numbers will become more common. My grandparents-in-law are in their 90's and are still going strong--living on their own, driving, active, vibrant. I do think some of that is genetic, though, because I can't see that they've done anyting extraordinary. In fact, one used to smoke and the other certainly likes to drink. They both eat meat and neither has ever been extraordinarily active. Interesting how some of the 70 and 80 year-olds I know are SO much older in many ways. I think attitude is a huge factor, too.
  • LindaJM Feb 15, 2009 @ 8:24 pm | delete
    Great long-life tips! I like #8 because I'm already vegetarian... it is a great way to eat. I wish more people would safeguard their health and get away from meat eating habits.
  • Aquavel Feb 15, 2009 @ 5:33 pm | delete
    GREAT lens! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. 5* s and favorited!
  • mbgphoto Feb 15, 2009 @ 11:51 am | delete
    Very interesting lens! Keeping active seems to be key. Also, eating little....I'm not sure about that though. Enjoying food seems to be part of life. Might be better to enjoy it more and live a few years less???

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