Eat a banana a day, says 112-year-old Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez, who, according to research by Guinness World Records, is the new world's oldest man. AP Photo/Guiness World Records Source: AP
SO, you want to live to 100? Maybe 110? Or more?
There are some simple rules to follow, if those who have already made it to a century - and beyond - are anything to go by.
As a rough guide, you should:
1. Be born in Japan.
2. All of the above
Read the paper and watch what you eat, said Jiroemon Kimura, seen here celebrating his 116th birthday. AFP
OK, so maybe it's a bit late for most of us to organise that.
But don't fret if you are not Japanese, there are still things you can do to squeeze in more time on Earth.
Eat, drink, sleep and work hard for starters, preferably outdoors and somewhere rural.
It also pays to have a sense of humour, be easygoing, and - good advice this - keep breathing.
Likes her pickled mackerel. Japan's Misao Okawa, was recognised as the world's oldest woman by the Guinness World Record in february this year. AFP
But above all, don't stress.
Salustiano Sanchez Blazquez, who at 112 has been recognised as the world's oldest man , has a simple formula: eat bananas.
Sanchez says a daily banana is his secret to a long life, along with six pain killers.
He succeeded Japan's Jiroemon Kimura, who died in June, age 116, as the world's oldest man.
Smoke 10 cigars a day, and drink martinis. That was Hollywood centurion George Burns's advice. News Limited
Kimura's secret to longevity - apart from waking early, reading the newspaper and watching sumo wrestling and parliamentary debates on television - was his diet: "Not eating much without likes and dislikes," he told The Japan Times in 2009.
The world's oldest woman, Misao Okawa, 115, from Japan, said her secret was "watch out for one's health" and a daily serve of pickled mackerel - a Japanese dish for acquired tastes.
Meanwhile, Pearl Cantrell, who's 105, swears by bacon .
The Texan, who is still going strong, eats the processed meat daily and says it has enabled her to stay fit and healthy long into her old age.
Didn't mind a glass of wine. The Queen Mother, seen here with grandson Prince Charles, lived to 101. Picture: AFP
She says that others should do the same if they want to live to be as old as her.
"I love bacon. I could eat it for every meal - and I do. I want other people to eat bacon and I tell them to."
Actor George Burns, who lived to 100, had simple recipe for a long life. Smoke 10 to 15 cheap cigars a day, drink a couple of martinis a day, keep your sense of humour and never, ever retire.
California man Christian Mortensen, who lived to 115, was also fond of cigars. Danish ones.
She hated the healthy lifestyle but Helen Reichert still lived to 109.
In fact, booze and smokes haven't been an impediment to long life for a lucky few.
The Queen Mother, who lived to 101, was well-known to be fond of a gin, or a glass of wine. One anecdote tells of how the then Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, accidentally grabbed her glass at her 100th birthday function, prompting the royal matriarch to exclaim: "That's mine!".
The residents of Chiangmai, in southern China, where there are more than 200 residents aged over 100 out of a population of 560,000, have sage advice for those seeking to eke out more years.
They claim a healthy reliance on alcohol was vital. Xu Yuhe, whose residency permit lists her as 104, told AFP that she takes daily shots of "Three Coconut Spring'' a local grain spirit.
Drink spirits, says 104-year-old Xu Yuhe, who lives in a town with one of the highest proportions of over-100s in the world. She says takes daily shots of "Three Coconut Spring'' a local grain spirit. AFP / Wang Zhao
"I drink alcohol every evening, just a little bit, it helps you feel warm,'' said Sheng She, an 80-year-old who says she has 31 children and grandchildren.
Helen (Happy) Reichert, a former TV talk show host and doyenne of New York society, who lived until 109, said she hated just about everything to do with a healthy lifestyle, such as salads, vegetables, getting up early.
In one interview, she admitted she adored rare hamburgers, chocolate, cocktails, and night-life in New York.
She also likes to smoke: "I've been smoking for more than 80 years, all day long, every day. That's a whole lot of cigarettes.''
Parsley tea and the Bible were the ingredients to a long life for Miriam Schmierer. Pic: Adam Knott
Reichert's advice would have shocked some of the Australians who have made it past 100.
Queenslander Miriam Schmierer , who lived to 110, told The Courier Mail her secret to a long life was a diet of parsley tea and dedicated reading of The Bible.
NSW centenarian Jane Gray , who celebrated her 111th birthday last November, said her secret was to eat plenty of good food and don't drink booze or smoke.
"Just behave yourself," she said.
Claude Choules, who lioved to 110, said the key to life was to keep breathing. Picture: Marie Nirme
Perth man Claude Choules , who lived to 110, was more phlegmatic.
His daughter told Perh Now in 2010: "People always ask, 'What do you put your long life down to?' and he said, 'I just keep breathing'.''
The woman officially recognised as having lived the longest was Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment. She lived to 122.
Her family put her longevity down to the kilo of chocolate a week she ate. Calment, who died in 1997, also treated her skin with olive oil, rode a bicycle until she was 100, and only quit smoking five years before her death.
Chocolate, cigarettes, bicycle riding and never stressing out all helped Jeanne Calment live to 122, the oldest person ever. File image
Jean-Marie Robine, a public health researcher, put her long life down to a lack of stress.
"I think she was someone who, constitutionally and biologically speaking, was immune to stress,'' he told the New York Times. ''She once said, 'If you can't do anything about it, don't worry about it'.''
Good advice.
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