Reply #23: I think good genes definitely played a part [View All]

[u4ic]

as did being active, and starting out living at a time when the environment (and us) weren't so damn overwhelmed with toxins.

I don't think you'll see many boomers (or indeed later generations) make it to 100. Too much crap in our food, air, water; hence, in us. Medicine may keep us alive longer, but it isn't necessarily keeping us healthy.

I have a great aunt who is 102; she always uses lard or butter for frying; lots of cream in her recipes...by all accounts, she should have had a heart attack in her 50's.