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Old Joe- living up to 103- By Dr harold Gunatillake Compiled and written by Dr harold Gunatillake OAM The secrets to a long life could be revealed by the diets of supercentenarians (that’s people who live to be more than 100 years old). https://tillthemountainsdisappearams.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-oldest-living-josephian-103-year.html This is the most inspiring story I have read for a long time, written about an old Josephian (St Joseph College, Colombo, Sri Lanka), Basil Siriwardena, still living in the Kochchikade area, at 103, written by Avishka Seneviratne and Akila de Sva. I am disappointed that no mention has been recorded as far as his favourite diet so that we could get some advice regarding dietetic habits about the accepted longevity foods. The Adventist Health Study 2, following 96,000 Americans since 2002, found that the people who lived the longest were not vegans or meateaters. They were “pesco-vegetarians,” or pescatarians, who ate a plantbased diet, including ...