吃豬蹄、喝黑啤、不鍛煉……這些百歲老人的長(zhǎng)壽秘訣你服不服？

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2018年09月29日

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怎樣才能更長(zhǎng)壽?你是不是首先想到了健康飲食和鍛煉身體?但英國(guó)一家網(wǎng)站整理了100位百歲老人在接受采訪時(shí)所說(shuō)的秘訣卻發(fā)現(xiàn)，吸煙、喝酒、吃豬蹄是他們生活的日常。健康養(yǎng)生?不存在的!

Imagine being born in a time before electric lights, television, phones and cars were normal and living through two world wars – and still being alive in 2018.

設(shè)想你出生時(shí)，電燈、電視、電話和汽車都還很罕見(jiàn)，之后經(jīng)歷了兩次世界大戰(zhàn)，一直活到現(xiàn)在。

Richard Overton, a 112-year-old from Texas, has done just this and, staggeringly, he credits his survival to up to 12 cigars and four glasses of whiskey every day.

美國(guó)德克薩斯州112歲的老人理查德-奧弗頓就是這樣。讓人難以置信的是，他認(rèn)為自己長(zhǎng)壽是每天抽多達(dá)12支雪茄、喝四杯威士忌酒的功勞。

Living to be older than 100 is rare but becoming more common – the UN expects there to be 3.2 million centenarians worldwide by 2050, up from 316,600 in 2012.

活過(guò)100歲的人不多，但數(shù)量正在逐步增加。據(jù)聯(lián)合國(guó)預(yù)計(jì)，到2050年，全球?qū)⒂?20萬(wàn)百歲老人，比2012年的31.66萬(wàn)大幅提高。

And, according to a website that trawled through interviews with 100 people who reached the landmark birthday, the secret to surviving may not just be a healthy diet.

一家網(wǎng)站搜羅了100位百歲老人的采訪，該網(wǎng)站稱，長(zhǎng)壽的秘訣可能并不僅僅是健康的飲食。

A pint of Guinness every day, eating pigs' feet and kicking out your husband are all genuine nuggets of wisdom from people who have lived to 100 and beyond.

每天喝一品脫健力士黑啤酒、吃豬蹄、離開(kāi)老公……這些都是百歲老人有關(guān)長(zhǎng)壽的“金玉良言”。

US senior citizens' advice website, A Place for Mom, searched through newspaper interviews with the world's oldest people to pick out their tips for living for so long.

美國(guó)老年人建議網(wǎng)站媽媽空間搜尋了百歲老人接受的報(bào)紙采訪，摘選出了他們的長(zhǎng)壽秘訣。

On the list of people offering their wisdom was Jeanne Calment, who died in 1997 as the oldest woman ever at the age of 122.

雅娜-卡爾芒就是其中一位。她在1997年去世，是當(dāng)時(shí)世界上最年長(zhǎng)的女性，享年122歲。

And above her, Leandra Becerra Lumbreras, a Mexican woman who died in 2015 claiming to be 127 years old – though her birth date was never confirmed.

更年長(zhǎng)的萊昂德拉-倫夫雷拉斯來(lái)自墨西哥，在2015年去世，據(jù)稱去世時(shí)127歲，但她的出生日期從未得到確認(rèn)。

While a quarter of centenarians credit a healthy diet for their long lives, even more of them – 29 percent – recommend indulging in unhealthy treats like greasy breakfasts and fizzy drinks.

有25%的百歲老人認(rèn)為自己長(zhǎng)壽的秘訣是健康的飲食，但還有29%的百歲老人建議人們盡情享用不健康的飲食，比如油膩的早餐和碳酸飲料。

And exercise isn't a popular habit among the super-aged either – only 21 percent of them said regular workouts were what kept them ticking over.

而且很多百歲老人也不怎么鍛煉身體。只有21%的人說(shuō)定期鍛煉讓他們長(zhǎng)壽。

The 10 most common tips for ageing gracefully were predictable enough – watch what you eat, stay active and maintain relationships.

有關(guān)如何優(yōu)雅地老去，10條最常見(jiàn)的建議都是人們可以想到的，比如注意飲食、鍛煉身體和維持良好的人際關(guān)系。

But many of the centenarians' suggestions were downright rebellious.

不過(guò)很多百歲老人的建議讓人大跌眼鏡。

Ms Calment – who was married for 46 years and then lived for another 55 years after her husband died – credited olive oil, wine, cigarettes and chocolate for living so long.

卡爾芒與丈夫結(jié)婚46年，丈夫去世后，她又活了55年。她認(rèn)為自己長(zhǎng)壽是因?yàn)橄矚g吃橄欖油、喝酒、吸煙和吃巧克力。

Mr Overton, a World War II veteran who is thought to be the oldest living man in the US, says ice cream also helped increase his lifespan, alongside the cigars and bourbon.

奧弗頓先生是一位二戰(zhàn)老兵，據(jù)稱是美國(guó)最年長(zhǎng)的男性。他說(shuō)幫助他長(zhǎng)壽的是冰淇淋、雪茄和波旁威士忌。

Emma Morano, an Italian woman who lived to 117 before dying last year, said she owed her long life to kicking her husband out and never marrying again.

來(lái)自意大利的艾瑪-莫拉諾女士去年去世，享年117歲。她說(shuō)自己長(zhǎng)壽是因?yàn)殡x開(kāi)了丈夫，之后一直獨(dú)居。

Jeralean Talley, from Michigan, lived to 115 thanks to 'eating plenty of pigs' feet'.

來(lái)自美國(guó)密歇根州的婕拉林-塔利女士去世時(shí)115歲，她說(shuō)自己長(zhǎng)壽是因?yàn)?ldquo;吃了特別多的豬蹄”。

Other people's unlikely fountains of youth have included 'going with the flow', 30 cigarettes a day, five to seven push-ups a day, and a daily pint of Guinness.

其他一些看似不可思議的長(zhǎng)壽秘訣還有，“隨大流”、每天吸30支香煙、每天做5到7個(gè)俯臥撐和每天喝一品脫健力士黑啤酒。

Sex made an appearance on the list, too – and Vincenzo Baratta, an Italian who lived to 103, said eating once a day and 'lots of women' were his secrets.

長(zhǎng)壽秘訣里自然少不了性生活。來(lái)自意大利的文森佐-巴拉塔在103歲時(shí)去世，他說(shuō)自己長(zhǎng)壽是因?yàn)槊刻熘怀砸活D飯，以及“很多的女人”。

The consensus is there's no sure-fire way to live for a long time and for every person who recommends drinking wine there will be someone who says the opposite.

人們一致認(rèn)為，沒(méi)有一種辦法可以確保長(zhǎng)壽。有人建議喝酒可以長(zhǎng)壽，就一定有人反對(duì)。

Dr David Demko, a gerontologist – someone who studies the science of ageing – said: 'Our genetic makeup and lifestyle habits influence longevity, but the impact each element plays is a hotly debated topic.

老年醫(yī)學(xué)家大衛(wèi)-德姆科說(shuō)：“我們的基因構(gòu)成和生活習(xí)慣影響壽命，但每種因素到底有什么影響，一直是人們熱議的話題。”

'The current ratio suggests that genetic risk factors control 25 percent and lifestyle risk-factors control 75 percent.

“目前的統(tǒng)計(jì)比例顯示，遺傳危險(xiǎn)因素占比25%，生活方式危險(xiǎn)因素占比75%。”

'Regardless of the precise weighting of this ratio, it’s clear that a long life boils down to far more than simply smart genes and dumb luck.'

“拋開(kāi)這一比例的精確加權(quán)不談，很明顯長(zhǎng)壽不僅僅是因?yàn)榛蚝煤瓦\(yùn)氣爆棚。”