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 Health & Beauty | October 2006 
Cuban Centenarians Reveal Secrets to Longevity
 Newswire
| | Cuba, with a population of 11.2 million, has about three thousand people who have lived for more than a century. |
Cuba's centenarians say their longevity is down to laying off alcohol, but indulging in coffee, cigars and sex.
The findings are the result of a study that looked into the lives of 54 out of the more than 100 centenarians who live in Villa Clara province.
More than 60 per cent of them had parents who also lived to be over 100.
Cuba, with a population of 11.2 million, has about three thousand people who have lived for more than a century.
The results of the study were reported to the National Geriatrics and Social Work workshop.
It found that none of the centenarians drank alcohol but they said they loved coffee and cigars, which they consumed in large quantity.
They had a healthy interest in a number of areas, including sex.
Almost all ate a diet which included fish, eggs, milk, white meat and vegetables, cooked with little salt and natural seasonings. |
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