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Pluri-centenarian laurel trees around Fanal, Paul da Serra plateau, Madeira island, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal
Cattle among the pluri-centenarian laurel trees around Fanal, Paul da Serra plateau, Madeira island, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal
Pluri-centenarian laurel trees around Fanal, Paul da Serra plateau, Madeira island, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal
Pluri-centenarian laurel trees around Fanal, Paul da Serra plateau, Madeira island, Atlantic Ocean, Portugal
Centenarian olive trees on Zakinthos, Ionian Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe
Odette Ambulher was born on the 17th September 1901. She is celebrating her 111th birthday in the retirement home in Laigne-en-Belin, Sarthe in France. Odette Ambulher has 5 children ranging from 77 to 89 years of age.
Kazuko Uezu, age 65, makes tofu before dawn in her small shop in the village of Hedo. Despite 50 years of practice "every batch tastes slightly different" says Kazuko who rises at 4-am seven days a week to make tofu. Traditional methods and a small production produces subtle variations in every batch despite the fact that tofu has only two ingredients, salt water and soy beans. Kazuko get the salt water from the East China Sea (just down the road from her house) but the soybeans come from America. Okinawan centenarians eat tofu daily and it is believed the high flavanoid content in tofu contributes to their longevity. Flavanoids are known to fight breast and prostate cancer and believed to combat heart disease.
Lydia Newton celebrates her 112th birthday with friends and family making her among the 20 oldest living human beings on earth. Lydia, born March 23, 1893, shares oatmeal every morning with her 90 year old daughter Margaret Rader in their triple wide trailer at a small trailer park outside of town. "I eat oats with half and half and we don't watch the fat let me tell you" says Lydia. "We were never out to make a lot of money, just to live. We made our own toys out of rubber bands and spoons and I think we were a lot happier than kids today" says lydia who has not had a cold or flu for 23 years. As for politics..."It goes in one ear and out the other. I don't care who the next president is. They are all a bunch of liars. I have decided that if the men can't run this country its about time they give a woman a chance."
Lydia Newton celebrates her 112th birthday with friends and family making her among the 20 oldest living human beings on earth. Lydia, born March 23, 1893, shares oatmeal every morning with her 90 year old daughter Margaret Rader in their triple wide trailer at a small trailer park outside of town. "I eat oats with half and half and we don't watch the fat let me tell you" says Lydia. "We were never out to make a lot of money, just to live. We made our own toys out of rubber bands and spoons and I think we were a lot happier than kids today" says lydia who has not had a cold or flu for 23 years. As for politics..."It goes in one ear and out the other. I don't care who the next president is. They are all a bunch of liars. I have decided that if the men can't run this country its about time they give a woman a chance."
Zen-ei Nakamura, an 88 year old fisherman form the town of Motobu, hauls up his catch from a net he had set earlier. "Fishing is my life" he said. "Ikigai" a Japanese word that roughly translated means "reason for living", is something most elderly Okinawans have always had.
Kazuko Uezu, age 65, makes tofu before dawn in her small shop in the village of Hedo. Despite 50 years of practice "every batch tastes slightly different" says Kazuko who rises at 4-am seven days a week to make tofu. Traditional methods and a small production produces subtle variations in every batch despite the fact that tofu has only two ingredients, salt water and soy beans. Kazuko get the salt water from the East China Sea (just down the road from her house) but the soybeans come from America. Okinawan centenarians eat tofu daily and it is believed the high flavanoid content in tofu contributes to their longevity. Flavanoids are known to fight breast and prostate cancer and believed to combat heart disease.
Kazuko Uezu, age 65, makes tofu before dawn in her small shop in the village of Hedo. Despite 50 years of practice "every batch tastes slightly different" says Kazuko who rises at 4-am seven days a week to make tofu. Traditional methods and a small production produces subtle variations in every batch despite the fact that tofu has only two ingredients, salt water and soy beans. Kazuko get the salt water from the East China Sea (just down the road from her house) but the soybeans come from America. Okinawan centenarians eat tofu daily and it is believed the high flavanoid content in tofu contributes to their longevity. Flavanoids are known to fight breast and prostate cancer and believed to combat heart disease.