Longevity ⁽⁴⁾

As of today, I have been in my hometown for eight days, the longest I have stayed here in the last decade. Tomorrow evening I will say goodbye to my father and return to Beijing; this time I have kept him company for a full…

In recent years there has been a consensus in medical circles that the baby-boom generation born after World War II may have already reached the peak of human health: their overall health is better than that of people born before or after them, and their…

My father's side of the family generally eats very lightly; their diet is basically vegetarian, with little animal-source food, and my aunt is a complete vegetarian. This may be related to the family ethos of my great-grandparents and grandparents. My eldest uncle is now 86,…

On April 2, 2024, Juan Mora, a Venezuelan elder, died at the age of 114. He was the world's oldest living male certified by Guinness World Records in 2022—since women live longer on average than men, he is also the oldest male known worldwide. Mora…