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Centenarian reveals his secret of long life

2010-01-11 15:37 BJT

He is always busy and his health is okay

Apart from buying fish, grandpa Da also likes to walk around the streets to watch the people come and go. After arriving in the town on the bus, Da often picks several favorite items and then returns home. Gradually, many people living in the town become familiar with this centenarian.

"My grandpa is never idle," said Da Shiwen. This 100-year-old man still gets up at 7 o'clock every morning. After breakfast, he does some farm work. In the afternoon, he goes fishing or reads a newspaper or a book. Now, his posture remains straight and his back is strong. He doesn't even need to wear a pair of glasses when reading a newspaper. "His eyesight is better than mine."

Grandpa Da said: "if I do not exercise I will age quickly."

Reporters find it hard to believe that the agile elderly man is already 100 years old.

Grandfather Da's regimen

1. Eat regularly every day. Drink, and eat rice and meat.

2. Work hard and always do exercise. More exercise leads to good health.

3. Don't lose your temper or get angry. Being able to stand aloof from worldly strife ensures a long life expectancy.

Tips for seniors to stay healthy in the winter

1. Only drink wine in moderation to keep the body strong and healthy. As the saying goes: "You will live three and a half more years if you eat a bowl of rice after drinking wine." For middle-age and elderly people, such as grandfather Da, moderate drinking will not only improve circulation and blood flow, but will also improve appetite and get rid of tiredness.

2. "If you want to stay fit, you must always go to the shores of a lake." Medical tests prove that the places where people can fish are rich in negative oxygen ions, which are good for your health and can help you live longer.

3. Nourish your kidneys during the winter. All illnesses will be healed once the spring comes. According to the theories of Chinese medicine, the five organs—the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys—work cooperatively. The kidneys are the mother of the five organs, and kidney deficiency is the origin of hundreds of illnesses. Kidney deficiency causes people to show different symptoms as the seasons and temperature vary, such as night urination and being afraid of cold temperatures in the winter and feeling tired in the spring. So if you want to nourish your kidneys in the winter, you should take the Taiji kidney-nourishing and lifespan-lengthening capsule and other medicines to help you nourish your kidneys, replenish lung qi and improve immunity so as to prevent the recurrence of the common cold as well as other respiratory and circulatory illnesses because of the major temperature differences in the winter and the flu season in the spring.

 

Translated by LOTO

Editor: Shi Taoyang | Source: CCTV.com

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