Re: Is Furhman a clever businessman? (edit)
I read about Jeanne Calment at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment
- well done to her. Of that I would quote Jack JaLanne from my post here http://www.curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1367745
"He was once asked about George Burns, the famous comedian who made it to 100 though he smoked cigars, drank alcohol, and was not health oriented. Jack, it turns out, knew George Burns well, and he answered, “George Burns was more athletic than you think he was. And he was a very social man. He loved people, he enjoyed life. He worked at living. Old George was a social lion, he got around and did things. That’s the key right there. It starts with your brain.”"
You can hear about the book Healthy at 100 in my blog here http://www.curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1368120
or go to Robbins' website at http://www.healthyat100.com
The only people to criticise it are the Weston Price Foundation. The deceased Weston Price was OK, but I write off anything that comes from them since I found one guy misrepresented an article from the Lancet when trying to say that meat does not cause cancer. He's dead now, he died in the late 90s aged 41 from a stroke. That link criticizing Robbins' book is here http://westonaprice.org/bookreviews/healthy-at-100.html
You'll also find critical reviews from them under various names at Amazon. Other than that it gets a good press.
I looked up the Sardinians and I have been to Sicily which is quite close. It is lovely out there and the food is so fresh. Nothing like the factory rubbish we have here.
This article http://www.hobbything.com/hobbies_stories/who-in-the-world-lives-the-longest-...
sums it up I think:
"All three communities depend on farming, fishing, and game. They spend a most of their time in the open air, which some have claimed is the secret to their longevity. But in fact, the single most common factor among these various people groups is physical activity.
Researchers have suggests that limited food quantities, daily exercise, and the lack of stress may all be factors that lead to long life."
By the way it's lucky you didn't have much money to buy those ready salted crisps. Lots of transfats, yuck. I'd call a fresh tomato a luxury.
We all have to make choices, and I would love one day to live somewhere like Sardinia. Clearly they are doing it pretty much right, but that doesn't mean to say there's room for improvement. Just doing what they are doing would be a huge improvement over a typical western city lifestyle.
(edit) on the subject of meat / dairy, people might want to listen to the audio at my Healthy at 100 blog and move the slider to 27 mins and listen to the next 2 mins and 30 secs - the story how Robbins' relative died young in the Baskin Robbins ice cream company. Then compare that with the Caldwell Esselstyn video at http://www.veoh.com/collection/EatForHealth#watch%3Dv16836615897Gw5Xa
and at 1 min 30 secs listen to him talking about his colleague Joe Crow, who was written off for dead... until Esselstyn intervened. The x-rays are at 4 mins 43 seconds. It is very hard to discount evidence like that.