Vegans look hot for longer
In response to a question about older Vegans – here are a few examples.
Jim Morris – RIP at 80
A lifelong bodybuilder, Jim switched to a vegetarian diet at age 50 and 15 years later adopted a completely vegan diet for the health benefits and for ethical reasons. He credited his vegan diet for his excellent health and fitness and his famous age-defying physique. Becoming vegan totally transformed Jim’s health. He died aged 80.
Many studies have shown that vegetarians and vegans live, on average, six to 10 years longer than meat-eaters and that they’re less likely to suffer from common, chronic illnesses. This is due to a myriad of factors including avoiding the harmful compounds found in meat, eggs and dairy and consuming much more fresh fruit and vegetables with their protective phytonutrients.
Read More: https://www.riseofthevegan.com/blog/jim-morris-a-tribute-to-the-vegan-legend
Mimi Kirk – 81
Mimi’s turning point in her life that made her realize she wanted to go raw was after she met her long time boyfriend and started cooking what he liked to eat – the standard American diet.
Mimi soon began to eat what she prepared for him and in a couple years gained twenty-two pounds. She wasn’t feeling well and went for her annual check up where her doctor handed her a prescription for high blood pressure and cholesterol.
In addition Kirk had been feeling some arthritis pains in her joints for several months as well. With a bad family health history, Kirk started to research what I could be done naturally to cure these issues. Raw food kept coming up in the research. Kirk love’s to cook and eat so raw food did not sound like something she would enjoy, but for her health sake decided to give it a try. Six months later back to her doctor and everything was normal without taking medicine. Kirk had lost the gained weight, blood pressure remained the same and no arthritic pain since. Now her boyfriend eats pretty much like she does.
Read More: https://www.wearedore.com/beauty/living-raw-with-mimi-kirk/
April Silverman is 82
In 2018 the then 80-year-old Silverman was aiming to grab the title of “Sexiest Vegan Over 50” in international animal rights organization PETA’s (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) annual contest.
April Silverman, a resident of New Hope, Pennsylvania, had been vegan for half her life, was the eldest of six finalists to make the cut by nearly 20 years. According to her profile the suffering of a downed cow played a role in her decision to lead a more cruelty-free lifestyle.
A growing body of medical studies has highlighted a plant-based diet as a possible key to longevity. Last April, Harvard researchers found that a vegan diet could prevent as many as one-third of early deaths. According to a study released last March, a whole foods, plant-based diet may also help prevent chronic disease such as type-2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer, arthritis, dementia, and others, among seniors.
Read More: https://www.livekindly.co/80-year-old-sexiest-vegan-over-50-april-silverman/
Annette Larkins is 78
Annette has been a vegetarian for 54 years, but over the last 30 years she has perfected her raw vegan diet. Her plant-based diet does not include any animal products. The food she eats is unprocessed and uncooked. Her dishes include vegetarian nut loaf, zucanni chips, and savory okra crisps. Annette says it’s never too late to reap the benefits of a vegan lifestyle.
Read More: https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/75-year-old-woman-defies-aging-process-with-raw-vegan-diet/21974/
Dr. Ellsworth Wareham was 104 when he died:
Wareham was born in Texas to farming parents, and grew up in Alberta, Canada. He was a Seventh-day Adventist and a World War II navy veteran. Wareham retired as a cardiothoracic surgeon at the age of 74 but continued to associate himself with training residents at the Loma Linda University until the age of 95, during which time he drove 60 miles (100 km) to assist in operations. He was one of the earliest practitioners of open heart surgery, soon after the first such procedure was performed. Leonard Bailey, the surgeon who transplanted a baboon heart into a baby at Loma Linda University in 1984, trained under Wareham as a medical student in the late 1960s. The child, Baby Fae, was born prematurely with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and Bailey’s surgery made international headlines.
Loma Linda, Wareham’s home town has been described as USA’s only Blue Zone, an area where the longevity is appreciably higher than the national average and one of the four places in the world to have a substantial proportion of humans live past 100 years. The city has strict controls on the sale of alcohol, has a ban on smoking, and its largest supermarket does not sell meat. Wareham attributes his longevity to having adopted a vegan plant based diet about fifty years ago. Wareham’s video “Dr. Ellsworth Wareham’s Secret for Staying Young” has been featured on AOL, and tv.com. Wareham appears in How to Live Forever, a documentary film about longevity. He has also presented talks on preventative medicine and what he believes constitutes a long healthful life.
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