Dietary Advice from Nonagenarians

Longevity and Eating Habits

• In August 2013, I shared a quote from a physician regarding healthy patients over 90 years old.
• The physician noted a hobby of asking nonagenarians about their diets and finding a consistent answer: they would lean over, looking slightly guilty like a child caught with their hand in the cookie jar, and admit to eating foods that mainstream guidelines discourage.
• The physician further expressed paying little attention to official government nutritional guidelines and critiqued the difficulty of finding sound advice in the popular press.