How to Live To Be 100

By Dr. Mercola At a time when half the population in the U.S. is struggling with chronic illness and life expectancy is on the decline, the idea of living to 100 may seem like a pipedream to most. Yet, in many other areas, life expectancy is actually rising, and centenarians are far more commonplace than you might imagine. In 2015, there were 679 people at or over the age of 100 living in Wales. Sardinia, which boasts the highest number of centenarians anywhere in the world, has 6 centenarians for every 3,000 people. That is literally 10 times more than in the U.S., where the ratio is 1 centenarian per 5,000.1 In the featured BBC Health documentary, “How to Live to 100,” presenter Michela Chiappa investigates what it takes to make it to that ripe old age in a world struggling with more or less lethal health issues. While you’d think most centenarians — people who have lived a century or longer — would advocate a certain diet, their longevity secrets typically center around s
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