03.05.10

More on Centenarians

Posted in Health-related--Natural Alternative Treatments at 1:20 pm by Administrator

As part of my interest in centenarians, I thought I’d take a moment to recognize a couple centenarians who recently made the news.  The first one is Judge Wesley Brown.

One of the amazing things about this man is that at age 102, he’s still going to work every day!  From watching his videos it’s obvious he’s still very lucid and mentally with it.  Just another testimony to the fact the it is not automatic that with age comes mental decline.

The second centenarian that hit the news recently is a woman who passed away at 100.  Her name was Grace Groner.  An although the reason she hit the news wasn’t due to her centenarian status, but rather her large financial contribution to a school, my main interest was that she was a centenarian.

Here’s the link with Diane Sawyer telling Groner’s story.  I wish they would have touched on some info regarding Groner’s age and health, but I guess that wasn’t the interest of their story.

So far what stands out to me from reading of the various centenarians is to continue to remain active, not only physically, but mentally as well.  There really does seem to be something to using the brain as a form of brain exercise that helps preserve youth and/or vigor.  This encourages me to continue hitting the books and learning, learning, learning, and exploring no matter how old I am.

Marlakins

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