{"id":1261,"date":"2013-02-28T14:08:45","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T22:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brendaswanson.com\/?p=1261"},"modified":"2013-02-28T14:08:45","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T22:08:45","slug":"to-die-at-60-still-alive-at-103-blue-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brendaswanson.com\/brendasblog\/2013\/02\/28\/to-die-at-60-still-alive-at-103-blue-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"to die at 60 still alive at 103 Blue Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"

On my last trip to Ikaria, Greece where I have been studying the lifestyle of our elders called centenarians, there are 5 places in the world that have this dynamic cluster of both men and women. I am bound to sharing all this information with my family, friends and followers, these are the people who we really can learn from they’re living proof, they are not dying from heart disease, memory loss, you name it, in other words they are not suffering and some are still using a machete, working corn fields farming and still shepherding their flocks.<\/p>\n

This man I interviewed, Stamatis Moraitis (Steve in English) left America when diagnosed with Lung Cancer at 60 and given 9 to 11 months to live- he could not afford the burial and he and his wife went back to Ikaria, Greece. for him to die there in peace with his own culture of gardened fresh food, a very special Ikarian wine (5x more than regular) and physically active. He is now 103 and to be 104 when I return to do the Full Monty, so to speak of his life. I was lucky enough to meet his family all four generations of them.<\/p>\n

Below are a couple of photos of my meeting with him and we joke here in America about making 50 the new 30 and as far as I’m concerned I will make 100 the new 80…. you get my drift!!!<\/p>\n

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60 still alive- beat lung cancer now 103<\/p><\/div>\n

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