99-Year-Old Doctor Speaks His Truth About Longevity

As life expectancy continues to soar, more and more of us are living to well over the age of 100. We ask some of the oldest people in the world the question everyone wants answered: what is the secret to long life?
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[@BellaFirenze]

Ellsworth Edwin Wareham (October 3, 1914 - December 15, 2018). He died at the age of 104. At his middle age, he decided to become a vegan. With the exception of an occasional piece of fish, all he ate were plants". Wareham ate two large meals a day and preferred to drink water. He ate whole grain cereal with soy milk, fruit, toast with nut butter, and a handful of nuts for breakfast. His second meal consisted of beans, raw vegetables, cooked asparagus, broccoli and cabbage with dates and nuts for dessert. He stated that this diet was similar to what God prescribed for the Garden of Eden (Genesis 1, 29). He avoided refined sugar and rarely ate out at restaurants unless he was ordering salmon. In a 2009 interview, Wareham described himself as a vegetarian. In 2011, Wareham stated that he had been a vegan for 30 or 40 years but he did not remember the precise date. In 2015, Wareham attributed his longevity to a vegan lifestyle. It also helped that he was a Democrat. Republicans generally have poor nutrition and die younger.

[@alexkalish8288]

Thank you for the truth and vital information. There was nothing in the video -

[@juliearmymom7807]

Being a Republican or Democrat has nothing to do with what one eats, genetics, or fitness levels.

[@staceykersting705]

Wow. Some ppl can survive anything. Soy milk? Cereal? YIKES! N ot all veggies are good for u raw, either. I can't imagine my diet w/o some eggs and fish, esp. salmon. Love oysters, too.

[@staceykersting705]

@@juliearmymom7807 As long as they have some knowledge of what whole foods are. In many red states, ppl are woefully undereducated.

[@MrMackievelli]

​@@staceykersting705 You will find its a ethnic issue not a political issue. The south has by far the highest percentage of AA and they have the worst life expectancy, regardless of state, followed by Hispanics.

[@marilynbables8071]

A 99-year-old male with no apparent chronic conditions, demonstrates appearance and behavior; attention and alertness; speech and language; mood and affect; memory and orientation; thought process and content; judgment and insight; abstract thinking, knowledge, and orientation. Excellent prognosis.

[@notthatdigusted7468]

He had better aging genes than Joe Biden obviously.

[@marilynbables8071]

You look like you could go on and on. This is a vital human being. Congratulations on a life well lived.

[@isaiah2810]

As soon as he started talking I could tell he was still mentally as sharp as a tack.

[@jy285]

Thought provoking.

[@madogg152]

My Gramps died at 99 nu-natural causes. I am 70. I have NO wrinkles in face or anywhere, Full head of hair that was Brown now Blackish with a tinge of grey. I walk 7.5 miles round trip for groceries for exercise. I am on a diet to loose 30 LBS for better health. Some people have good genes. I have no limits due to age. My secret, its Genetic. Also people of my religion have a tendency to live much longer. I don't drink coffee, tea, alcohol, smoke, chew, red meat, Milk or Ice Cram. I am slowly switching to Vegan.

[@erickeegan5999]

What surprises me is that his brain seems sharp as a knife. Articulate and coherent speech. Try that with Joe Biden.

[@classicgameplay10]

Did he drink coffee ?

[@allymonte7295]

A long life is mostly genetic and taking care.

[@xframe365]

Don't think so....execising is equally important

[@investfoxy]

You can manipulate the genes if you start up things good from very early age.

[@blacklyfe5543]

I disagree

[@dr.shadmbbsdphmasco]

​@@investfoxyyes

[@classicgameplay10]

Taking care can mean a lot of things.

[@azlanfoodscapes]

Nothing about his diet and nutrition?

[@BellaFirenze]

He only ate twice a day. At 10 a.m., he would always have whole-wheat cereal with almond milk and maybe some fruits or nuts for breakfast. At 4 p.m., he would have an early vegan dinner rich in vegetables, grains, and nuts.

[@sc3rwd4hk34hk]

@InBoccaChiusa Where did he say he was a Democrat ? (I never saw/read an Interview/Video where he talked about his political preferences.)

[@classicgameplay10]

@@sc3rwd4hk34hk it seems that guy is making stuff up.

[@4GUESTS]

This gentleman and Dr. Scharffenberg, a couple of the Seventh Day Adventists who pushed the idea of veganism or vegetarianism. They need a supercentenarian within the organization to push the idea, but there obviously isn't any among them to do it. Most all the supercentenarian stories I've read, they daily eat/ate things like bacon or chocolate, daily drank things like beer or wine.

[@classicgameplay10]

Give us a few examples.

[@ssuwandi3240]

Should get taxed for extra longetivity he should have worked twice longer or twice larger take home pay

[@gotthis5613]

carful what you wish for

[@sandysouville3569]

Ðid you even listen to the interview where he said he worked til 95? People are so stupid these days

[@ssuwandi3240]

@@sandysouville3569 try it if you think that ain't a stupid idea. As stupid as this channel that promotes all kind of extremities. Remember this day you call others stupid.

[@user-tv7iu5qq3m]

People are stupid. What that person wrote make no sense.

[@ranghashalatr142]

When this madisine come on market