Mormon woman says Quaker Oats led to longevity
KALISPELL, Mont. Gladys Simpson, who turned 100 on Monday, was born in Battle Creek, famous for Kellogg Corn Flakes, but she swears by Quaker Oats as a major source of her longevity.
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Longevity rules
The people of Bama in China live such long lives that at age 70, one is still considered young enough to carry out demanding physical work.
Katahdin – a tradition in longevity
What’s the secret to longevity? It’s a question that has been pondered for centuries; it’s even driven people to the ends of the earth in search of the Fountain of Youth.
Dr. Maoshing Ni: How to Achieve Longevity in Your Busy Life Right Now
Adopt an attitude of wu wei and make tiny incremental changes in your day, fitting the items in where you can. Here are some simple tips to get you started on your longevity quest.
Safety and longevity
More than forty trips around the Earth’s equator. Better than two round-trips to the moon. That’s the equivalent distance that West Frankfort truck driver Larry Isaacs has driven his big rig since 1996all without so much as a fender bender. Isaacs is a driver sales representative for Con-way Freight and he recently breached the one million mile-mark of safe driving, the ultimate industry …
Studies show close relationships boost longevity
Family and friends may do more than provide companionship: They also may boost your longevity, making as much of a difference as not smoking, a new analysis of studies suggests.
Research and Markets: Lipton Teas Case Study: Achieving Longevity in the Growing Tea Market
DUBLIN—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Lipton Teas Case Study: Achieving Longevity in the Growing Tea Market” company profile to their offering.
As Japan hunts for missing centenarians, pride in longevity turns to angst over aging
Japan prides itself on the world’s longest life expectancy but is struggling with a disturbing footnote to that statistic revelations that hundreds of people listed as its oldest citizen…
Emmett Myhre turns 100
CHRIS PETERSON / Hungry Horse News Longevity is a simple formula, said Emmett Myhre. “Live a clean life,” he said last week. “I never smoked. I’m not a boozer. I might have had a high ball if I went out to dinner. And don’t eat a lot of junk food.”
Woman shares secrets to longevity on 102nd birthday
With 102 years under her belt, Anna Kubita may be the Lowcountry’s expert on longevity. “I didn’t do boats- no cruises- that was out for me,” Kubita said Friday on her 102nd birthday. That might not be what you wanted to hear but that’s also what makes her …
Revealed! The Secret of Japanese Longevity
Japan has the greatest life expectancy of any country in the world, clocking some 82.6 years on average (and a whopping 86.1 for the womenfolk!) compared to a paltry 78.2 (plus a two-and-a-half-year lady dividend) for Americans. A number of theories have been floated to explain these numbers, including a diet heavy on fish, vegetables and rice; plenty of exercise; sake sipping; genetic luck …
BUILT TO LAST — How did the NCIC remain constant for 42 years?
Longevity in sports, particularly at the high school level, is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. While it was once commonplace for coaches to work in the same sport at the same school for 25, 30, even 40 years,
Accel Inc. Celebrates 15 years of Innovation from Tiny Studio To 580,000-Square-Foot Company Serving the Fortune 500
Accel Inc., the contract packaging leader, celebrates its 15 year longevity by demonstrating how small businesses can thrive by nimbly adapting their strengths to the changing marketplace. Case in point:
Kevin Keith decision due after Aug. 18
COLUMBUS — The 12-hour Kevin Keith clemency hearing Wednesday may have set a record for longevity. It also gave his supporters one of their final chances to help the convicted triple murderer escape lethal injection Sept. 15.
Kevin Keith clemency hearing stretches around the clock
COLUMBUS — Kevin Keith’s marathon 12-hour clemency hearing Wednesday might have set a record for longevity. It also gave his supporters one of their last chances to help the convicted triple murderer avoid a lethal injection Sept. 15.
When Habits Are a Bad Habit
Nearly four years ago I left a job that I had worked at for more than two decades. I grew tired of the routine and wanted to travel and pursue other creative opportunities. So I became a freelance writer/editor and took to working out of my home. But last week I was invited back to the company where I’d spent nearly half my life to fill in during summer-vacation season. It was the first time I’d been back fulltime in an office environment since December 31, 2006. I was returning to my long-established routine of waking up, shaving, showering, getting dressed, commuting, sitting in a cubicle, eating in the cafeteria, etc. And two things happened that both amazed and frightened me:
- Many of my old friends were no longer there. And I don’t mean they had left or been laid off. They were still in the same offices, doing the same jobs, but they had these vacant expressions and a mechanical way of coming and going that suggested they weren’t really there. They reminded me of robots.
- By the end of each day I was exhausted. Even though I was working 8 hours instead of my usual 10 to 12. And even though I wasn’t getting a chance to exercise like I usually do, by the time 6 o’clock arrived I was completely blasted (and it wasn’t because they were working me so hard). In fact, while driving home, I had to will myself to wake up and break out of the office-induced funk. I felt downright stupid.
Don’t get me wrong. This is no slight against my employer or its loyal and hard-working employees. Rather, it’s evidence of how debilitating sustained routine can be. Roy Sugarman, Ph.D., is an Australian neuropsychologist and the director of applied neuroscience for Athletes’ Performance. He explained to me that—metabolically speaking—the brain is a very expensive organ to operate. So it will try to automate as much behavior as possible. “It’ll try to run on empty if it can,” says Sugarman, “which is why we often have no memory of driving a familiar route after we get there.”
Indeed, a habit is sort of like a neural footpath—worn and requiring minimal effort to traverse. Unfortunately, the older we get the more our daily existence becomes a collection of habits, which results in a dumbed-down, autopilot existence. This is what I was seeing in my friends and experiencing in myself. Even though we were still doing our jobs, since we were so familiar with them our brains had essentially switched off. They were walking that footpath.
But it was never meant to be this way. “Enrichment of our bodies, minds and lives requires that we take on new and increasingly difficult challenges,” says Sugarman. In fact, that’s the very definition of evolution, and it’s one of the most important keys to healthy aging.
And that’s why I’m making it a point this month to break as many of my habits as I can. I’m brushing my teeth with my left hand, sleeping on the opposite side of the bed, driving different routes to familiar places, and generally trying to shake off the funk of life itself. Is living more vibrantly really just a simple matter of living differently?
“I have a friend who is 94 years old,” Sugarman says. “He is a doctor, an orchestra conductor, an architect, an archaeologist, plus he volunteers in a museum and speaks a host of languages. His motto is ‘never stop’. The reason he does so well is that breaking habits breeds resiliency through vitality.”
In fact, Sugarman gave me a test that measured five different aspects of mental performance (verbal memory, processing speed, executive functioning, social acuity and dual tasking). I’ll take it again at the end of this month to seeing if breaking habits has indeed raised my vitality.
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‘Longevity pay’ pushes El Dorado County official higher on salary survey
In El Dorado County, it pays to stick around. The county’s response to a Bee inquiry last week into the compensation of top city and county managers omitted the county administrator’s “longevity pay.”
Legal longevity
On the third floor of the Lane County courthouse, the walls are lined with the portraits of circuit court judges that have been on the bench. Ralph Cobb has worked with all but a few. I tell everybody I think I was around when the Dead Sea was sick, Cobb
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