How Centenarians Do It...

I want to live to 100. Lots of people do it! Like theOkinawansand even people in the United States.Evercare, an agency that places nurse practitioners with its elderly members,polled 100 U.S. centenariansabout making it to 100.WebMDreports:

Here are their top 10 tips for healthy aging - along with the percentage of how many said the tip is "very important" (they could call more than one tip "very important"):

1. Stay close to your family and friends: 90%
2. Keep your mind active: 89%
3. Laugh and have a sense of humor: 88%
4. Stay in touch with your spirituality: 84%
5. Continue looking forward to each new day: 83%
6. Keep moving and exercising: 82%
7. Maintain a sense of independence: 81%
8. Eat right: 80%
9. Keep up with news and current events: 63%
10. Keep making new friends: 63%

"If I could leave any message, never stop learning. Period," centenarian Maurice Eisman says in the poll report.

Great tips, especially eating right! Long-lived people don’t eat fast food and beef jerky. Japanese super-centenarianTomoji Tanabeeatsrice, seaweed, and miso soup. And this72-year old gym-ratand centenarian in the making, eats a diet based on fruits, vegetables, beans, and nuts.