Thursday, June 30, 2022

Diet and Living to 100+ Years


The Archives of Public Health has this systematic review of diet and survival to age 100+.  The conclusion is that "no direct evidence currently exists on the association between dietary habits in late adult life and survival to 100 + years." A sample from the article:

Centenarians are used as a model of healthy ageing and longevity. Diet is a factor known to affect mortality in middle aged adults and elderly. However, it is unknown whether diet has an impact on survival to 100 + years. The aims of this systematic review were to summarize the evidence on (i) the association between dietary patterns in late adult life and survival to 100 + years and (ii) the common characteristics across dietary patterns that are shown to be positively associated with survival to 100 + years.

....This systematic review aimed to investigate the association between dietary habits in late adult life and survival to 100 + years and further to elucidate if common characteristics exist across dietary patterns associated with exceptional longevity. No studies met our inclusion criteria; hence we report an empty review, and therefore, at the current state of art, evidence remains inconclusive regarding whether dietary habits increase the probability in late life to become 100 years old.

Cheers, 

Colin