John Robbins (would-be heir to the Baskin & Robbins empire) wrote a book examining the social, exercise and diet cultures of four of the known longest-living cohesive groups of people in the world. These were/are isolated or otherwise somehow physically-bounded societies who regularly have members living healthy lives at over 100 years of age (for example, no cancer, no degraded eyesight etc), and in a much higher proportion than is normally expected.
He was curious as to whether these groups of people, known to live a long time and even be healthy in their old age, had anything in common.
And they did.
They all exercised a lot.
They all had very strong social and community connections.
The all ate a mostly-vegan diet, punctuated with small amounts of animal product (in quantities varying from a portion every few weeks, to a few times a week but for only a couple of months of the year - for seasonal reasons).
He attempted to also prove, that taking any one of the above three commonalities away, was enough to invalid the results.
It's an interesting book, for sure.
Unfortunately, it has the terrible, baity title of: "Healthy At 100", and an even worse sub-title I won't repeat. But other than that mis-step (possibly at the hands of a publishing company), it's a good, well-referenced read.
He was curious as to whether these groups of people, known to live a long time and even be healthy in their old age, had anything in common.
And they did.
They all exercised a lot.
They all had very strong social and community connections.
The all ate a mostly-vegan diet, punctuated with small amounts of animal product (in quantities varying from a portion every few weeks, to a few times a week but for only a couple of months of the year - for seasonal reasons).
He attempted to also prove, that taking any one of the above three commonalities away, was enough to invalid the results.
It's an interesting book, for sure.
Unfortunately, it has the terrible, baity title of: "Healthy At 100", and an even worse sub-title I won't repeat. But other than that mis-step (possibly at the hands of a publishing company), it's a good, well-referenced read.
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