by Martin Ettington | Nov 22, 2013 | Diet, Healthy Aging, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Longevity Q&A, Science Research |
By Dan Buettner Life expectancy of an American born today averages 78.2 years. But this year, over 70,000 Americans have reached their 100th birthday. What are they doing that the average American isn’t (or won’t?) To answer the question, we teamed up with National...
by Martin Ettington | Oct 19, 2013 | Aging, Communities, Healthy Aging, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Longevity Q&A |
We can learn a lot about improving quality of life in our golden years—and maybe even increase longevity—by studying the habits of the world’s longest-lived people. Where in the world do people live the longest? Though we in the U.S. tend to think we own good health...
by Martin Ettington | Oct 3, 2013 | Aging, Anti-Aging, Healthy Aging, Immortality, Lifestyle, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Longevity Q&A |
Hidden away, deep in the Andes Mountains of South America, lies a peaceful valley called Vilcabamba (vil-ca-BAM-ba). Modern medical research reports that Vilcabamba is one of four places on earth where the people live the longest ……. and are among the...
by Martin Ettington | Oct 2, 2013 | Aging, Healthy Aging, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Longevity Q&A, Science Research |
More People Reach Centenarian Status; Most Are Women The pool of people making it past their 80s and 90s and well into their 100s has been growing in the past few decades. And even though women have historically proven to live longer lives, the number of men reaching...
by Martin Ettington | Sep 24, 2013 | Aging, Alchemy, Healthy Aging, Immortality, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Longevity Q&A, Meditation |
I published a short posting a few months ago on the book “Wonders of Mebegon Village” about some buddhists in Burma who are living to extraordinary ages. However, due to the rarity of the book I don’t think readers really got the import of what I was...
by Martin Ettington | Sep 20, 2013 | Aging, Anti-Aging, Editorials, Healthy Aging, Immortality, Long Lived Persons, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Longevity Q&A, Science Research |
I just saw another new initiative to fund longevity and aging research by Larry Page of Google fame. That is nice but again–it’s just another misguided effort….after many along the same lines. You know it’s amazing to me that all of these rich...
by Martin Ettington | Sep 14, 2013 | Aging, Happiness, Healthy Aging, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Longevity Q&A, Psychology, Spiritual Growth |
This old gentleman’s attitude is the same one I have about longevity. Our longevity is affected by our spiritual connection and how we feel about the others around us….. North DEvon Gazette in the United Kingdom… Reginald Benger celebrated his 100th...
by Martin Ettington | Sep 12, 2013 | Anti-Aging, Diet, Healthy Aging, Herbs, Immortality, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Longevity Q&A, Natural Health, Science Research, Supplements |
Rhodiola Extract Extends Lifespan in Drosophila, Scientists Find The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered perennial plant known as Golden Root has been shown in a study reported in the journal PLoS ONE to extend the lifespan of fruit flies by 24 percent. Rhodiola rosea...
by Martin Ettington | Sep 3, 2013 | Aging, Healthy Aging, Immortality, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Longevity Q&A, Physical Health |
A report on a long lived county in China–there are pockets like this one all over the world…. NANNING, Aug. 29 (Xinhua) — For the past six months, Zhou Xuezhong has been living in Bama County in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, a...
by Martin Ettington | Aug 28, 2013 | Aging, Anti-Aging, Healthy Aging, Immortality, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Longevity Q&A, Physical Health |
Stamatis Moraitis tending his vineyard and olive grove on Ikaria. By DAN BUETTNER In 1943, a Greek war veteran named Stamatis Moraitis came to the United States for treatment of a combat-mangled arm. He’d survived a gunshot wound, escaped to Turkey and eventually...
by Martin Ettington | Aug 15, 2013 | Aging, Healthy Aging, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity & Health, Longevity Article, Longevity Q&A |
Here is another example of a long lived person alive today. There are older ones but 123 years is pretty good. FRASQUIA, Bolivia (AP) — If Bolivia’s public records are correct, Carmelo Flores Laura is the oldest living person ever documented. They say he turned...
by Martin Ettington | Jul 9, 2013 | Immortality, Long Lived Persons, Longevity, Longevity Article, Longevity Q&A |
From the book on Thomas Parr (152 years old) I found this overlooked reference to John of Times: From another book “A restitution of decayed intelligence in antiquities” By Richard Verstegan we find this reference: I’ve seen references to longer...
