Centenarians show successful aging as they remain active and alert at very old ages.
Somehow these sprightly
centenarians show no signs of dementia.
If you need more convincing, consider this: A large body of literature on
centenarians shows that, all over the world, those who are 100 years old and counting follow high - carb diets.
Not exact matches
Interestingly, a scientific study done on people who had lived beyond the age of 100
showed one common denominator — all the
centenarians regularly consumed goat's milk.
Studies of
centenarians have found they're more laid back than the general population and
show more optimism about the future.
Previous work has
shown that 90 percent of
centenarians are disability - free at the age of 93.
Health improvement (allowing to post - pone / escape the diseases and thus live, healthier / disease - free longer, but not above human MLSP of around 122 years; thus these therapies do not affect epigenetic aging whatsoever, they are degenerative aging problems not regular healthy aging problem (except OncoSENS - only when you Already Have Cancer - which cancer increases epigenetic aging, but cancer removal thus does not change anything / makes no difference about what happens in the other cells / about what happens in the normal epigenetic «aging» course in Normal non-cancerous healthy cells) Although there is not such thing as «healthy aging» all aging in «unhealthy» (as seen from elders who are «healthy enough» who
show much damage), it's just «tolerable / liveable» enough (in terms of damage accumulating) that it does not affect their quality of life (enough yet), that is «healthy aging»: ApoptoSENS - Clearing Senescent Cells (this will have great impact to reduce diseases, the largest one, since it's all inflammation fueled by the inflammation secretory phenotype (SASP) of these senescent cells) AmyloSENS - Dissolving the Plaques (this will allow humans to evade Alzheimer's, Parkinsons and general brain degenerescence, allowing quite a boost; making people much more easily reach the big 100 - since the brain is causal to how long we live; keeping brain amyloid - free and keeping our memories / neuron sharp / means longer LongTerm Potentiation - means longer brain function means longer heavy brain mass (gray matter / white matter retention seen in «sharp - witted»
Centenarians who
show are younger brain for their age), and both are correlated to MLSP).
Same thing in giant turtles who normoglycemic or hypoglycemic for their entire life;
Centenarians have reduced blood glucose levels and reduced blood glucose increase over the years, their blood glucose is monotonic plateau, where as elders dying below 80s
show blood glucose rise each decade until their death, their pancreatic Beta cells can't secrete enough insulin and they are mildly pre - diabetic / insulin resistant.
The U.S. Census
shows more and more people are living to age 100: the
centenarian population has increased 65.8 percent in the past three decades (1980 — 2010).
These changes are much less obvious in
centenarians and most extreme in people whom longitudinal studies have
shown to possess an «immune risk profile».
A 2010 study from the University of New South Wales of Australians who had reached 100 years of age
showed being open to change was a common trait among
centenarians.
Most studies
show centenarian diets to be pretty similar to those of the society as a whole, while supercentenarian diets are generally low - carb high - fat.
Studies have
shown that cortisol levels are connected to not only how long we are likely to live (
centenarians tend to have lower levels of cortisol), but also to how old our face looks!
«A cross-section analysis of FT3 age - related changes in a group of old and oldest - old subjects, including
centenarians» relatives,
shows that a down - regulated thyroid function has a familial component and is related to longevity»
Estimates
show the number of
centenarians in the world will approach 3.2 million by 2050, an 18-fold increase compared with the last century.
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Mind you, I'm not talking about bread and pasta and pizza, but detailed studies of
centenarian diets
show that over 80 percent of calories in their diet comes from vegetables, fruit, legumes, and complex carbohydrates, such as whole grains, brown rice, oats, and sweet potatoes.
Willard Scott's legacy is making countess
centenarians happy by plastering their faces on The Today
Show, wishing them a Happy 100th (or higher -RCB- birthday, and raving about how beautiful or handsome they each looked.