Life after 100

Most people will never live to that age. The average age in the developed world being around 75. However, there a few populations in the world where living up to 100, is actually rather common. Sardinia, (Those who don’t know where it is click here), is a small island in the Mediterranean, off the coast of Italy. The routine line during a toast is..”May you live to be a 100 years!”. According to Emma Bird, in Growing Healthy in Sardinia, "five of the world’s 40 oldest people live in Sardinia and some 135 people per million live to see their 100th birthday, while the western average is nearer 75."

Whatever have these people been doing ? Outliving normal people by more than 20 odd years at least ?

Most are shepherds on the move, active throughout their lives, and eating meat and cheese and drinking red wine regularly. Staying purposeful and active is important.
However, they are a slim people, not overindulging in food, as for a long life everything must be "Normalissima!" This is also interesting as calorie restriction has been found by scientists to be a contributer to longer lifespans. What scientists have found now, these people have known for years.