Over the Hedge by T Lewis and Michael Fry for June 15, 2023

He also eats one meal a day, and shaves his head, so saves time that way.

I know of a retired philosopher who once researched longevity. He gave up on the idea when he decided it wasn’t worth it to starve himself to concentration-camp proportions. He’s about 90 now.

Depends on his definition of “Real food”.

Organic? Always preferable, not always affordable. Vegetables? Sometimes even more expensive than organic meat, even when in season. WTF?

Whole-grain products? Love them, especially as ingredients in my self-made multi-grain bread. Delicious!

Self-made pizza: OK; all-purpose flour mixed with durum wheat semolina right now. But only a pinch (one gram per pound) of fresh yeast. Just give it time.

Durum wheat pasta without the eggs. We’re not intolerant, but the dishes where I need eggs are scarce. And some of our friends are intolerant food-wise.

Love the idea of at least 8 hours of sleep. But wait a minute – over what period of time? Day? Week? In one hardly interrupted peace/piece? If it’s the former: Fun!!!

“he eats only real food” — what’s the definition of ‘real’ food? raw? unprocessed? hunted with a spear? baked? boiled? grilled? easily spoiled?

He’s a direct descendant of Attia the Hun.

Send this Attia guy over . I have a pile of wood that needs Cut ,Split and stacked . Dude likes exercise so this way I may help him get his 2 hours a day ;-)

I thought laughter was the best medicine and what does he mean by “real food”?

No one want’s to live forever, that would get boring after a few hundred years.

Real food is anything that’s directly related to something you can see growing in a field. Use common sense applying that definition and you’ll do just fine. Don’t worry, you’ll still be allowed to eat potato chips.

“An hour is enough of anything!” – Voltaire

For me it´s anything that is organic. – with certain exceptions.

My grandma said if you don’t drink, don’t smoke and only eat healthy food, you don’t actually live longer, it just seems longer.

DOC: If you give up processed foods, drinking, smoking, running around with loose women, you will live to be 100.

Me: But if I have to give up those things, why would I want to?

“No Laughing in longevity” I kinda understand everyone’s focus on food, but for me I am more happy with good friends. Food may be important, but without my friends I wouldn’t want to continue.

this sounds like one of those, you don’t live longer it only seems longer things

For healthy seniors, we spend our time giggling at the lifestyles of the many over worked stressed under 50 crowd…

Quantity of life vs Quality of life — many of the things we choose to do may enhance our quality of life while potentially shortening is quantity. It’s a serious consideration; a balance is advised.

One can eat healthful foods, get adequate sleep, and still have a lot of fun. In fact, I’d say that feeling good and not sleep-deprived is essential for long-term fun / enjoyment of life.

Don’t post about your great-grandfather who smoked all his life, drank like a fish, etc etc, and lived to be 95. An occasional outlier does not invalidate a general rule.

I wonder what the first(human)joke was .

Nonsense. Smilier people live longer on average.

Are you KIDDING me??!? There is no longevity withOUT laughing, giggling and smiling. A LOT!!!! I’m very fortunate in that I can laugh at myself and provide endless cause to do so.