Remove Diet Remove Gerontology Remove Risk Factors
article thumbnail

Living Past 100: Insights from Centenarians on a Long, Healthy Life

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Their diets are often poor. The first thing to realise is that while healthy centenarians rely on genetics, we must rely on risk factor control. Aggressively control the risk factors. Maybe not as late as them, but definitely later than those who have poor risk factor profiles. They often smoke.