Nine U.S. centenarians open longevity recipes If you want to live to 100 years old, you may want to try the centenarians prescribed longevity “recipes”. According to the U.S. Census Bureau report, there are 500,000 centenarians in the world, of which nearly 100,000 live in the United States. Some institutions predict that by 2050, the United States alone will have 1.1 million centenarians. Recently, the United States “Forbes” magazine into the lives of several U.S. centenarians, tracking their food, clothing, housing and transportation, to disclose their longevity secrets. The “broken” snack diet recipe: oatmeal porridge, steamed vegetables, lean meat and fish, no carbonated beverages Live in New York Daisy Mfadden will celebrate her 100th birthday in November this year, now she is still moving freely, quick thinking. For years, she has been eating oatmeal, lingonberry juice and bananas for breakfast; for lunch, a salad of beets, cucumbers and tomatoes, along with chicken and fish. Dinner was a plate of steamed vegetables and lean meat, with fruit after dessert. Daisy was a nurse before she retired, “I never drank carbonated drinks, my favorites were milk, plain water, juice, and occasionally a little wine.” She told reporters. If you like to eat sweets, you do not have to give up this “vice”, occasionally indulge in a little will bring unexpected happiness to the elderly. Daisy says she can’t go a day without a chocolate chip cookie. Another long-lived man, Louis Sussman, 101, eats a scoop of chocolate ice cream almost every day; Willa Clausen, 100, sometimes likes to eat brownies. Daisy’s doctor, Dr. David Prince, cardiac rehabilitation department of Montefiore Medical Center in New York, said: “Daisy’s recipe has the greatest advantage of providing a lot of dietary fiber, which can help the elimination of metabolic waste. And carbonated beverages such as Coke are the worst beverages to drink, and anything is better than drinking carbonated beverages. Sips 2-3 times a week can also help with longevity.” Zhang Jian, director of the Geriatric and Clinical Nutrition Unit at the Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, added: “Chicken, fish and lean meat are all good foods for the elderly. Some elderly people think that eating less and vegetarian is healthy, but in fact, they cannot live without sufficient high-quality protein in their diets.” Tao Liqun, director of the geriatric social medicine research department of the Chinese Research Center for Aging Sciences, also recommends that the elderly eat appropriate snacks (see page 5 of this issue for more coverage), “there is no need to this and that taboo, snacks for the elderly, more psychological satisfaction.” The most fulfilling recipe for self-care: dress up, take care of plants, learn to do crafts, clean up after yourself Vera will get up every morning to dress up, make three meals a day with her own hands, and insist on cleaning her own room. She also keeps her nails trimmed and her hair cut every two weeks, and does various stretching exercises every day. Mfadden also enjoys regular activity and has walked to work all her life. Other seniors also enjoy exercise for fun: 99-year-old Opal P. loves to play bowling; 95-year-old Harry Fox likes to dance; 98-year-old Mary Richardson takes care of various plants in the community as her responsibility; and 97-year-old Elizabeth Lewis devotes a lot of time to crafting every day. Li Juan, director of the Center for Geriatric Psychology at the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said, “For the elderly, housework is their best exercise, from which they not only exercise their bodies, but also gain satisfaction and self-confidence, proving that they are still useful people. Therefore, I suggest that if the elderly are physically able, they should do their own chores as much as possible, instead of looking for children or nannies to do it for them.” Crafts are a very good activity for seniors, says Tao Liqun. “In the U.S. and Japan, communities provide craft tutorials for seniors, such as making greeting cards and paper boxes and sewing cloth dolls.” Older people have to read the news even more Memory recipe: read the newspaper, do more crossword puzzles and participate in quizzes Daisy wakes up every morning and the first thing she does is read the newspaper and do the crossword puzzles on it; her favorite TV show is the knowledge quiz category, which has all the questions that she follows. For Sussman, reading Newsweek magazine from cover to cover every week is a good habit that she has stuck to for decades. For her, keeping up with the breaking news that happens every week keeps her up to date with the ever-changing society. “Whether reading a newspaper or playing a game, it’s a benign stimulus for the brain. Charades, sudoku, puzzles, and even bookkeeping and writing life plans can slow down aging and reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s.” Li Juan said. The regular reading of newspapers and magazines can also prevent the elderly and social “insulation”. “The elderly are most afraid of living in isolation.” Professor Xiong Bijun, president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Research Society on Aging and director of the Chinese Geriatric Society, suggests that the elderly should watch more news and knowledge programs so that they can participate in thinking. The old watch TV series, easy for them to fall into certain bad mood. Old companions, old friends, old houses, old bottom The secret recipe of mind: keep marriage, have good friends, travel more, do not use anti-wrinkle cream, do not dye hair All long-lived elderly people, without exception, have a happy marriage. Opal Pratt is 99 years old, and her happy marriage with her husband has a shelf life of 75 years. Good friends are also indispensable. Mary Marcha, 103, has had a group of close friends around her since she was 19 years old, and they still talk regularly. In his early years, Sussman was exhausted from his job as a pharmacist and druggist. Later, on his wife’s advice, he ran a small ice cream store and his mental stress level plummeted. After that, he had more free time to travel around the world with his wife. Another secret of Daisy’s longevity is that she doesn’t use anti-wrinkle cream or dye her hair. “I’m not afraid of getting old. If you want to not get old, then the only way is to die when you’re young.” Tao Liqun believes that the happy life of the elderly can not be separated from the “four old”: old companion, old friend, old house, and old bottom. The old partner and the old friend can provide spiritual support for the elderly, while the old house represents a stable home and the old fund represents a certain amount of savings, both of which eliminate the elderly’s worries. If an elderly person gets divorced or his partner unfortunately dies, he should find a suitable person to remarry, which is good for physical and mental health. Xiong Bijun said, “More travel, help the elderly open their minds, regardless of going near to far, the elderly have the ability, it is best to leave their small circle of life once a month, go out to play.” Tao Liqun believes, “Nowadays, many people are still very energetic when they retire and are fully capable of continuing their own small business. The elderly who have the ability to open a small store, operating a small business, is not only a kind of spiritual support, but also to expand their social circle.” Tao Liqun has deep feelings about this: “Longevity is not only the length of the timeline, but also the breadth of mind. Death is actually the fairest thing in the world, because no one can escape it. The positive mindset of living one more day to earn one more day is the greatest mystery of longevity.”