Skip to content

Commit

Permalink
Link Longevity.md from README.md. Fix some typos.
Browse files Browse the repository at this point in the history
  • Loading branch information
ariel faigon committed Sep 5, 2016
1 parent b097fd0 commit ef9c696
Show file tree
Hide file tree
Showing 2 changed files with 28 additions and 14 deletions.
40 changes: 27 additions & 13 deletions Longevity.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ In their own opinions/words.
#### [Jeanne Calment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment) (122 years, 164 days)

Calment ascribed her longevity and relatively youthful appearance
for her age to a diet rich in olive oil (which she also rubbed
for her age to a diet rich in *olive oil* (which she also rubbed
onto her skin), as well as a diet of port wine, and ate nearly one
kilogram (2.2 lb) of chocolate every week. She also credited her
calmness, saying, "That's why they call me Calment." Calment
Expand All @@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ reportedly remained mentally intact until her very end.
#### [Sarah Knauss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Knauss) (119 years, 97 days)

Her daughter, Kathryn Sullivan, aged 96 at the time, opined that
Knauss is "a very tranquil person and nothing fazes her.
Knauss is "a very tranquil person and nothing fazes her."

#### [Misao Okawa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misao_Okawa) (117 years, 27 days)

Okawa said that sushi and sleep were the reasons why she lived so long.
Okawa said that "sushi and *sleep*" were the reasons why she lived so long.


#### [Maria Capovilla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Capovilla) (116 years 347 days)
Expand All @@ -36,18 +36,20 @@ She never smoked or drank hard liquor.
#### [Susannah Mushatt Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susannah_Mushatt_Jones) (116 years and 311 days)

She only took high-blood pressure medication and a multivitamin.
Jones never smoked or consumed alcohol. She slept about ten
hours a night and napped throughout the day. For breakfast, she
always ate four strips of bacon along with scrambled eggs and
Jones never smoked or consumed alcohol. She *slept about ten
hours a night* and napped throughout the day. For breakfast, she
always ate four strips of bacon along with *scrambled eggs* and
grits. She also ate bacon throughout the day.


#### [Emma Morano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Morano) (116 years, 277 days)
When asked about the secret of her longevity, she said that she had
never used drugs, eats three eggs a day, drinks a glass of homemade
never used drugs, eats *three eggs a day*, drinks a glass of homemade
brandy, and enjoys a chocolate sometimes, but, above all, she thinks
positively about the future. Morano credits her long life to her
diet of raw eggs and being single.
positively about the future.

Elsewhere: Morano credits her long life to her diet of raw eggs
and being single.


#### [Gertrude Weaver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Weaver) (116 years, 276 days)
Expand All @@ -60,12 +62,11 @@ or, in other words, "Kindness"

#### [Besse Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Besse_Cooper) (116 years, 100 days)

Cooper reportedly attributed her longevity to "minding her own business" and avoiding junk food.

Cooper reportedly attributed her longevity to "minding her own business"
and *avoiding junk food.*

#### [Jeralean

Talley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeralean_Talley) (116 years, 25 days)
#### [Jeralean Talley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeralean_Talley) (116 years, 25 days)

She lived by the Golden Rule: "Treat others the way you want to
be treated". She was known in the community for her wisdom and
Expand All @@ -74,3 +75,16 @@ advised people to use common sense, saying "I don't have
much education but what little sense I got, I try to use it."


#### Coincidence?

I find it fascinating that so many of my own discoveries of
factors affecting weight-loss have also to do with longevity.

Being calm (and reducing stress) seems to be an important
factor I appear to have missed. Could it be hidden in
the "stayhome" feature?

Chocolate appears twice above, I wonder which type of chocolate
because bittersweet/dark chocolate typically has much less sugar than
milk chocolate.

2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion README.md
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
Expand Up @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ The above is a very simplified, and hopefuly easy to digest, version of what som

- ***Longer fasting periods:*** This is the #1 contributor to weight-loss. sleep longer, stop eating as early as possible before going to sleep and start eating as late as possible after sleeping. *Skip breakfast*, after some time you won't feel hungry in the morning anymore. After long periods of fasting, the body chemistry adjusts: I need more ATP, but I don't have glucose in the blood, and the glycogen in the liver is all fully consumed (takes about 1-2 days of low or no carbs) so there's no other option, but to start breaking-up stored fat. This elevates the enzymes that help with breaking up fat and the Krebs cycle reverses direction in the critical paths. Instead of transforming excess-carbs into stored fat, it breaks-up the fat for energy.

- Eat eggs. They are a wonderful combo of fat and protein with no carbs at all. I read an interview with a Japanese woman who reached 114 years and one of her secrets was to eat an egg daily. My favorite food is a scrambled egg with grilled onions (onions are a bit high on carbs, but too tasty to give up) and olives.
- Eat eggs. They are a wonderful combo of fat and protein with no carbs at all. I read an interview with a [Japanese woman who reached 114 years](Longevity.md) and one of her secrets was to eat eggs daily. My favorite food is a scrambled egg with grilled onions (onions are a bit high on carbs, but too tasty to give up) and olives.

- Eat slower, and chew longer... don't swallow just yet! Humans, just like dogs, tend to swallow too soon. Stop eating when you feel full. There's about 20 min delay before your brain registers that you are full so don't over-eat.

Expand Down

0 comments on commit ef9c696

Please sign in to comment.