Vegetarian Diet Key to Living Past 100?

July 03, 2010

If you're a meat-loving, beer-swigging atheist, this may be bad news for you. The BBC shared the results of a new study by U.S. scientists who have been trying to find out what factors lead people to live more than 100 years. Their research is based on the largest study of centenarians thus far, according to the news outlet.

Apparently only one in 6,000 people in the industrialized world actually reaches 100. For those who do hit the milestone, they're usually in pretty good health: Ninety percent of them are "disability free" when they hit 93. So what's the secret to their success?

A combination of factors including a vegetarian diet, religion and skipping the drink play big into the equation...

Source: Vegetarian Diet Key to Living Past 100?

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