Recently I saw a really interesting health show on the Australian “cultural” channel, SBS.

It was about how to live to be 101 and older and it featured 3 groups of people with some similarities that we who want to get rid of love handles can learn from.

All 3 groups were fit, healthy and very active. For different reasons.

How do these people live to be 101 and older?

Well one group, though long lived, really could do with a change of diet to get rid of love handles. A Sardinian family group who shared “good genes” lived well and long, despite their traditional “peasant style” diet.

They worked hard physically but some waist fat was still in evidence.

Mind you, none of them were obese with great big wobbly rolls of ab fat in the way that is all to common in the USA, England and right here in the land of Oz (Australia).

The second group, from Okinawa, definitely had no waist fat. They ate a simple traditional diet and kept limber and flexible in body, and using meditative techniques to destress their minds.

The third group of long living people were in California. They engaged very actively in exercise and stuck to a simple, unprocessed diet. The 92 year old lady lifting free weights in the program looked a very fit 65 to me!

What can we learn from these people, concerned as we are about how to get rid of love handles and live as long and as healthily as possible without excess waist fat?

How to live to 101

You may come from a family with a genetic predisposition to longevity – but you must keep fit to give yourself the best chance of success. Don’t waste your natural advantage. Use it or lose it.

Anyone, regardless of genetics can choose to eat a simple, mainly unprocessed diet (the Okinawans who migrated to Hawaii for example, and took on a more fatty, deep fried western diet lost their longevity and health advantages).

Fruit, vegetables and lean meats and/or legumes are definitely the go to fuel your body right. What you eat is only habit and once you develop a simple diet habit, you will never look back.

Develop techniques to destress your mind and your body. You can destress your body with any form of regular brisk exercise – all exercise helps your mind as well.

Have a go at meditation or yoga to develop breathing and coping strategies that take the toxins out of your body and calm your mind.

Hey, don’t knock it till you try it. It definitely works if you are prepared to work with it. And if you really want to live to be 101, you’ve got to start working on a plan right now.

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