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| Betty White, Our Favorite 90 Year Old |
- Wine
- Getting fat
- Light exercise
- High blood pressure
They're all things that will keep us healthy after age 90. It looks like fun if we can make it that far. Last Sunday on "60 Minutes" we learned about folks that were studied from the time they were in their 60s until they reached their 90s.
What is keeping these 90 plus folks healthy and happy isn't vitamins or heavy dieting or doing triathlons.
It's having a drink or two a day. No more. And it doesn't matter what it is. A martini works just as well as red wine.
It's putting on some weight. The 90s decade means throwing away the scales and eating three squares a day.
It's exercising - but not too much. Just have fun. Sex is good.
Reaching this decade means trying to keep the blood pressure up rather than down.
It appears that low blood pressure causes little strokes at this age. Who knew?
Of course, the big concern is dementia. With this they don't really have a clue. It's caused by all sorts of things and more than half of the folks in their 90s have it.
But the other news is pretty good.
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