[senior citizen]

http://news.msn.com/world/bolivian-man-said-to-be-123-years-old-dies-in-andean-village


Bolivian man said to be 123 years old dies in Andean village.....
Flores attributed his longevity to eating quinoa seeds and riverside mushrooms, and to constantly chewing coca leaves.


He lived in a straw-roofed hut in Frasquia, a 4,000-meter (13,123-feet) high Andean hamlet east of La Paz.


QUESTION: Would you like to live to 123 years old?

[2BNTV]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

http://news.msn.com/world/bolivian-man-said-to-be-123-years-old-dies-in-andean-village


Bolivian man said to be 123 years old dies in Andean village.....
Flores attributed his longevity to eating quinoa seeds and riverside mushrooms, and to constantly chewing coca leaves.

He lived in a straw-roofed hut in Frasquia, a 4,000-meter (13,123-feet) high Andean hamlet east of La Paz.


QUESTION: Would you like to live to 123 years old?

Only if I have quality of life!!!What's the sense of rushing into death?

Eating, reading, watching sports on television and being able to get around without problems, is good enough for me.

The only problem is that all your family and friends are not around anymore, because you outlived them all.

You might have to depend on the kindness of strangers!!!

[Tweety Bird]

NO! All friends and family would be dead.

[jblum315]

NO. The world would be so different I wouldn't recognize it.

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by senior citizen

http://news.msn.com/world/bolivian-man-said-to-be-123-years-old-dies-in-andean-village


Bolivian man said to be 123 years old dies in Andean village.....
Flores attributed his longevity to eating quinoa seeds and riverside mushrooms, and to constantly chewing coca leaves.


He lived in a straw-roofed hut in Frasquia, a 4,000-meter (13,123-feet) high Andean hamlet east of La Paz.


QUESTION: Would you like to live to 123 years old?

Why stop at 123? Why not 125? I like the challenge to see if I could do it while maintaining good health. Anyway, what's the alternative? Is being dead more appealing? I'm in good drug-free health at 73 so I would only have to keep it going for another 50 years to make it to 123.

There are challenges at every stage of life, so this is just another. At the current rapid-pace of scientific discovery, there will be new lifestyle suggestions to enhance our lives.

One such discovery was made about 4 or 5 years ago. I saw a brief mention of it in Reader's Digest. This month I read about it again in the AARP Bulletin. A study was Published in the journal Lancet Oncology. It was a study that was conducted by Dr. Dean Ornish and coauthored with Elizabeth Blackburn, a Nobel Prize winner.

The study found that you could increase the length of your telomers (DNA on chromosomes that regulate cell aging) if you were to follow Ornish's program.

This is big news! Not long ago a man who was in good health died at 109. His doctor has a radio program and I heard him say that his 109 year old patient didn't have a thing wrong with him. He just nodded off while watching TV and never woke up.

The way I understand it, as the average person ages their telomers get shorter and shorter everytime a cell divides. So, it was thought that you only get so many cell divisions and that's it. If worn out cells can no longer replace themselves, you die. This new discovery changes all of that.

So it's up to the individual, as usual. If you enjoy life and don't mind following a healthy lifestyle, you can live much longer than was ever thought possible.

Dr Ornish made the following statement: This was the first study showing that [an] intervention can actually make your telomeres longer-in a sense, reversing aging at a cellular level."

[NIPAS K-9]

NO........ NOT IF MY DIET IS THAT, ILL JUST EAT MY PIZZA , CHIPS BEER, AND LIVE SHORTER, OH YEA FIVE GUYS...........

[Cisco Kid]

soon , maybe 25 or 50 years we should have a pill to roll back the years, so we can live forever.

[billethkid]

I am always impressed by the bravado of some when declaring what age they are "prepared" to die over another.

Me? I would live as long as my body and health allows.....123 would be almost 50 more years. Most of us have adapted to the changes over the last 50 years. The next 50 will be no different.

Most of our family and families are younger than us so I don't see a problem of everybody else dying while we continue. Of course there will be some departures....just like the last 50 years!

[ugotme]

Hmmm - Not Sure.

Ask me again when I turn 122 !

[tippyclubb]

No way I want to die young, beautiful and wealthy. Lol, just kidding, but the answer is still no. We will be broke way before then.

[mtdjed]

I was once 123 but felt a bit weak. Went to St. Augustine and had a drink with Ponce De Leon during Happy Hour at Pizza Alley and feel much younger now.

[Shimpy]

Yes I would if I could find a nice young 115 year old chick to live with.