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☆ How to live happily past 100, according to 7 of the world's oldest people
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A healthy 30-year-old woman today has up to a 22% chance of living to 100, according to the Stanford Center on Longevity. In contrast, a woman born in 1920 had around a 2% chance of living to 100, according to actuary Mary Pat Campbell. AdvertisementElizabeth Francis receiving her 'Oldest living Texan' plaque. Centenarians in the world's Blue Zones, where people live to over 100 more often than in other populations, also tend to eat plenty of vegetables and whole foods. Practice moderationJohn Tinniswood, from the UK — who is currently the oldest living man at 111 years old — and Japanese Kane Taneka — who was the second oldest person in recorded history when he died at 119 in 2022 — both do everything in moderation.

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☆ Longevity experts who have met over 1,000 centenarians share 3 key differences between the world's oldest people
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementThe world's oldest people tend to have certain habits in common, such as eating well, having a good work-life balance, and keeping active. AdvertisementIn Japan, supercentenarians have strict diets, while they're more indulgent in Latin American countriesVillatoro said that in Japan, supercentenarians are generally strict about eating everything in moderation. Supercentenarians are more religious in Latin American countries than in JapanVillatoro said that Latin American supercentenarians tend to be very religious, mostly Catholic. However, Villatoro said that he's noticed supercentenarians from Japan typically aren't as religious as their Latin American counterparts. But more of the older people Villatoro has met in Argentina live in retirement homes than in other countries.

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☆ My great-grandmother was a SuperAger who lived to 115 and was the second oldest person in Japan. Here's her advice for living a long and healthy life.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementA longevity expert who speaks to SuperAgers every day, and whose great-grandmother lived until she was 115, shared advice for living a long, healthy life. Yamamoto has collected lots of advice for living a long, healthy life from her great-grandmother and from speaking with Japanese supercentenarians every day. Do everything in moderationAlthough they're very disciplined, Yamamoto said that Japanese supercentenarians do allow themselves to indulge — just in a controlled way. AdvertisementBut, she also said that Japanese SuperAgers don't force themselves to do anything they don't want to do — "It is about having both balance and routine in life," she said. Reduce stressThe last piece of advice that Yamamoto shared is something that many other supercentenarians and centenarians say: don't stress too much.

Persons: Yumi Yamamoto, Shigeyo Nakachi, Yamamoto, — Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Japan, LongeviQuest

☆ 4 aging secrets of Japanese supercentenarians, from a longevity researcher whose great-grandmother lived to 115
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Serafina Kenny | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

She's noticed a few things Japanese supercentenarians do which might contribute to their longevity. AdvertisementA longevity researcher who verifies the ages of supercentenarians, and whose great-grandmother lived to the age of 116, shared four aging secrets from the longest-living people in Japan. So, Yamamoto knows a thing or two about longevity, particularly what Japanese people with long lives have in common. Like in other Blue Zones, super-agers in Japan tend not to eat much meat and spend lots of time with family. "One thing I've noticed about Japanese supercentenarians and centenarians is that they're very disciplined and strict on themselves in terms of straight posture ," she said.

Persons: Yumi Yamamoto, She's, —, Fusa Tatsumi, Shigeyo Nakachi, Yamamoto, LongeviQuest, Kane Taneka Organizations: Business, Service, LongeviQuest, Food and Drug Administration, Radio, Research Locations: Japan, Okinawa, what's

☆ Sam Altman's return to OpenAI doesn't necessarily mean a return to normalcy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In today's big story, we're looking at Sam Altman returning to the helm of OpenAI. Less than five days after his shocking ouster, Sam Altman is set to return to OpenAI as its CEO. Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella, a key figure in the past few days' drama, comes out a winner. By helping to reinstall Altman at OpenAI, he stabilizes a key piece of Microsoft's AI strategy.

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