Smoke, eat Fatty Foods, Drink—and live to see a hundred? A new study seems to think so!

Smoke Your Way to One Hundred

The study was undertaken by The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, on 500 men and women aged between 95 and 109.

All of the centenarians surveyed  were Ashkenazi Jews, having less genetic variation between them, and thus making genetic effects easier to detect in the results.

Those studied were found to diet less, drink and smoke more than the general population; many smoking at least two packs per day, and some reporting having smoked for 85 years!

Right Genes Helps

Unfortunately for the rest of us, though, it may all come down to their genes.

As aging researcher, Nir Barzilai says:

“Although this study demonstrates centenarians can be obese, smoke and avoid exercise, these lifestyle habits are not good choices for most of us… [without] a family history of longevity.”

Taken from: http://www.americangeriatrics.org/ and  msnbcmedia3.com

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