The Man Who 'Grew Young at 70'

Re:The Man Who 'Grew Young at 70' by kleer001 on Thursday April 30, 2015 @06:40PM (#9468111)

I never follow 'advice' from outliers.

Also, remember "survivorship bias."

The advice:

    Drink plenty of water
    Get out in the sunlight and fresh air
    Floss
    And, of course, exercise

Yea, ok. Thanks.

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Re:The Man Who 'Grew Young at 70' by nsxwolf on Thursday April 30, 2015 @08:08PM (#9468457)

And when people ask 100 year olds how they did it, the recommendation is always smoking and drinking.

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Re:The Man Who 'Grew Young at 70' by a8da6b0c91d on Thursday April 30, 2015 @08:26PM (#9468572)

Ray Kurzweil is going to live forever because he takes a hundred pills a day, so i don't know why you'd recommend silly things like enjoying a drink and a smoke.

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Re:The Man Who 'Grew Young at 70' by agumonkey on Thursday April 30, 2015 @09:07PM (#9468733)

Because of guys like Compay Segundo living 95 years while smoking cigars when they wanted to. Nature is complex.

Also a bit of alcohol can relieve stress, it's probably better to smooth out things a bit with a glass of wine rather than going zero-tolerance on some substance and suffering regular anxiety.

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Re:The Man Who 'Grew Young at 70' by hobarrera on Saturday May 02, 2015 @05:39PM (#9478673)

That's quite right. Stress can be extremely harmful, but it's very hard for one to realize it.

I've have issues with teeth, hair, sleep, and colon all due to stress at some points (once in my life, all four at the same time).

Smoking a joint merely to relieve stress every once in a while would probably have helped my health more that it would have damaged it

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Re:The Man Who 'Grew Young at 70' by crimsonalucard on Thursday April 30, 2015 @07:41PM (#9468318)

Never dismiss advice from something that potentially may not be an outlier.

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