Mr Njonjo Mugane is seen in this photo that has gone viral, relaxing with a bottle of Heineken brand and many were asking in social media if that is the secret to living 100 years.
We had to do some homework to determine if beer is an essential body ingradient if taken moderately and the findings were shockingly varied.
Njonjo as a principled man perhaps take beer on very rare occasions and we cannot conclude that it is what that has kept him going for many years, but however here below there are others that have lived more years, and beer was part of their daily diet.
The oldest veteran Overton’s celebrated 112th birthday, and was the oldest American living When he shared what his days and diet are like, and the answers are far from what you’d expect.
His morning starts off with something sweet like waffles, cinnamon , and pancakes — plus several cups of coffee, served with three spoonfuls of sugar and a plastic straw.
Throughout the day, in between smoking up to 12 Tampa Sweet Perfecto cigars, he sips on Dr. Pepper and whiskey.
Nebraska’s oldest man says a beer a day is the reason he’s lived to 110.
Supercentenarian Mark Behrends, who recently celebrated his 110th birthday, claims his daily alcohol consumption is what’s keeping him going.
“He always told everybody the reason he has lived so long is drinking one can of beer, every day at 3 p.m.,” his daughter Lois Bassinger told Omaha.com.
Behrends might be onto something. University of Texas-Austin researchers indicated that moderate drinkers have a lower mortality risk than non-drinkers and heavy drinkers. The oldest person ever, Jeanne Calment, died at 122 and did not consume hard liquor but occasionally had a glass of wine at lunch.
Could a daily drinking habit be the secret to a long life?
A slew of articles have been published in the wake of a recent American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference panel talk suggesting that a couple of beers or glasses of wine a day can, in fact, be the key to longevity. But three experts who spoke with Men’s Health said the message needs to be reined in a little — and that the findings definitely don’t include binge drinking.
University of California Irvine’s Dr. Claudia Kawas, MD, told listeners during the AAAS panel discussion last Saturday in Austin, Texas, that moderate drinking is linked to a longer life.
Kawas heads up the 90+ Study, which began in 2003 and includes more than 1,600 people who’ve lived to age 90 or beyond. The researchers follow “the oldest-old” — learning about their diets, activities, and brain health over time — to better understand why some people live well into their golden years in better health. The study includes some people who participated in earlier research that started in 1981, which also looked at aging.
“We found if in 1981 you were using alcohol, compared to people your same age who weren’t using alcohol, you lived longer,” Kawas said.
In an email to Men’s Health, the 90+ Study researchers said that a number of news reports — including a widely cited UPI article — are inaccurate. The researchers wrote: “A better estimate from our papers would be: Using data from our 1981 survey, people who consumed one to two glasses of alcohol (beer, wine or hard liquor) per day had 9-15 percent lower likelihood of dying compared to those who abstain from all alcohol. Participants who exercised 15 to 45 minutes a day in 1981, cut the same risk of mortality by 15-35 percent.”
105-Year-Old Says Whiskey Is the Secret to His Longevity
He drinks it in his tea every morning and with lemonade every night before bed.
The best thing about centenarians – beyond the whole staying alive thing, of course – is when some local reporter inevitably tosses them the loaded question of “What’s the secret to your longevity?” It’s loaded because when you’ve been alive for at least 100 years, you’ve almost certainly learned that you ain’t making any headlines by saying “porridge.” Instead, we’ve seen amazing answers like eggs and brandy, Miller High Life, and four bottles of wine every single day. Well, here’s another new name for the wild centenarian annals: 105-year-old Derbyshire resident Jack Reynolds, a Brit who credits his long life to a daily regimen of whiskey.
Moderate intake may prolong life as said but excess use of alcohol may have negative effects and early death. Alcohol all the same has also attributed to many deaths due to driving after drinking which impair judgement and many people die as a result.
As they say one mans food is another mans poison and all we can say is not to copy anybody’s habit and take what your body requires to keep you healthy and if beer is part of it so be it.
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