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Stay Fat, Live Longer
Advice based on science, not the fashion industry
Both of my grandmothers lived to be over 90 years old. Both of them were, frankly, plump. My mother is 82 years right now. Given that her mother lived to be 92 and her father to be 93, I am hopeful she will be around for a while. She is also plump.
Though, using the word plump is me being nice. The less nice term is fat. Which didn’t bother Mom, as I discuss in this article:
People who have visited the Blue Zones (areas of the world where people are more likely to be centenarians — those who live to be over 100 years old) talk about their diet, social interactions, etc. However, if you visit these places or look through photographs, what you may notice — the elderly women are fat.
Not morbidly obese, but they have extra padding.
They are also very active.
So were both of my grandmothers.
My father’s mother lived to be 98. She was bedridden during the final years of her life, but until she was about 96, she…
