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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 06:39 PM Oct 2015

World's oldest woman, 116, eats bacon daily

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/10/06/worlds-oldest-woman-116-eats-bacon-everyday/73444660/

Not many people will say that eating bacon every day is the key to a long life, but the world’s oldest woman swears by it.

Susannah Mushatt Jones, 116, keeps a steady diet of bacon, eggs and grits for breakfast. A sign in her kitchen reads: “Bacon makes everything better.”

Named the world’s oldest woman by Guinness World Records in July, Jones credits her longevity to "lots of sleep," Guinness said. But her family members say she has lived a long life due to her love of family and generosity to others.

Jones was born in a small farm town near Montgomery, Ala., on July 6, 1899. She was one of 11 siblings and attended a special school for young black girls. When she graduated from high school in 1922, Jones worked full time helping family members pick crops. She left after a year to begin working as a nanny, heading north to New Jersey and eventually making her way to New York.


Lose the eggs and you've got me.
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World's oldest woman, 116, eats bacon daily (Original Post) KamaAina Oct 2015 OP
Sooner or later that bacon's gonna kill her. trof Oct 2015 #1
Snarf! KamaAina Oct 2015 #5
She's my new breakfast hero. GOLGO 13 Oct 2015 #2
I love bacon UglyGreed Oct 2015 #3
Here's to a speedy recovery. Tobin S. Oct 2015 #4
Thank you UglyGreed Oct 2015 #6
Give it time TexasBushwhacker Oct 2015 #7
Thanks for the UglyGreed Nov 2015 #9
Bacon - no prob - just fry til crispy TexasBushwhacker Nov 2015 #10
Damn..she was entering middle-age when the '29 stock market crashed. wow! BlueJazz Oct 2015 #8
We hear the same kind of arguments from smokers here in Germany DFW Nov 2015 #11
If you are a smoker, your odds of you not getting lung cancer are about 90% EL34x4 Nov 2015 #12
There are always statistics DFW Nov 2015 #14
My mom does not stink so stop saying that! KamaAina Nov 2015 #16
LOL!! DFW Nov 2015 #17
Actually, she and Republican Stepdad love central Europe KamaAina Nov 2015 #18
I have one of those in my back yard DFW Nov 2015 #20
Whether it be bacon, chocolate, or 10 cups of coffee daily marle35 Nov 2015 #13
The WHO probably wants her arrested or silenced. cherokeeprogressive Nov 2015 #15
bacon trueblue2007 Nov 2015 #19

UglyGreed

(7,661 posts)
6. Thank you
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 01:18 PM
Oct 2015

It was not too bad, been through worse. Funny thing is now I realize just how much fats I did eat before it happened.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
7. Give it time
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 01:29 PM
Oct 2015

Yes, right after my surgery just about everything gave me the trots, especially anything fatty. But after a while, your bile duct will expand a bit and form a kind of mini gall bladder that will store a bit of bile. I got my gall bladder out in 2008 and eat a normal diet.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,044 posts)
10. Bacon - no prob - just fry til crispy
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 10:29 AM
Nov 2015

I read a helpful hint, and it works. When frying bacon, add enough water to the pan to cover the bacon. The water helps to cook the it slowly and render more fat without charring the bacon. When the water has evaporated, cook for another minute or 2 to make the bacon nice and crispy.

DFW

(54,059 posts)
11. We hear the same kind of arguments from smokers here in Germany
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 11:11 AM
Nov 2015

"My grandfather smoked fifty packs of cigarettes a day and lived to be 147," or some such.

Well, sure, if you cross the Autobahn (or I-95) on foot during rush hour, one out of ten thousand people will survive that, too.

I still don't like the odds.

 

EL34x4

(2,003 posts)
12. If you are a smoker, your odds of you not getting lung cancer are about 90%
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 11:35 AM
Nov 2015

Only 10% of smokers develop lung cancer (though I've read 20% in other literature).

Two out of three smokers will not die of a smoking-related illness (lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, etc.).

Granted, these odds are still significantly higher than those of non-smokers.

http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/life-at/med-talks/why-do-smokers-never-get-lung-cancer.html

DFW

(54,059 posts)
14. There are always statistics
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 12:46 PM
Nov 2015

In my wife's rural area of Germany, for example, many of the farmers worked with all sorts of chemicals tanning leather, etc. It seems most of the ones she knew smoked and developed cancer sooner or later. I'm sure the chemicals contributed plenty to the statistics, and the combination was probably worse than either of the two factors individually. Taking birth control pills and smoking seems (statistically) to enhance the cancer risk considerably as well. One of our best friends got cancer at 32, put up a brave fight, but it spread everywhere quickly--lungs, breast, brain, and she died at 36.

It is also noteworthy that 100% of smokers stink horribly to non-smokers, with the stench emanating from their hair, breath and clothes, and are only excepted from the suffering by the fact that nicotine dulls olfactory and taste nerves, so that they don't notice it themselves. We hear constantly from former smokers, who suddenly notice the odor (olfactory nerves recover their ability to detect), "but I never stank like THAT!" Oh, yes they did.

At any rate, a one in three chance of causing myself to get a horrible, slow-killing disease is not worth starting to smoke for me, quite aside from the fact the fact that I can't stand the stink and it's expensive here in Europe. I think Abraham Lincoln had the right attitude: "What is a cigarette? A stinking weed with fire on one end and a fool on the other."

DFW

(54,059 posts)
17. LOL!!
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 02:06 PM
Nov 2015

OK, then everyone EXCEPT your mom.

I don't suppose she'll be anywhere near Düsseldorf in the near future, so it's not an argument we'll need to have

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
18. Actually, she and Republican Stepdad love central Europe
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 03:12 PM
Nov 2015

but their preference is for Bavaria and Austria, so I think you're safe. They did stay at a schloss overlooking the Rhine once, though.

marle35

(172 posts)
13. Whether it be bacon, chocolate, or 10 cups of coffee daily
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 12:35 PM
Nov 2015

Aside from the actual health benefits that may be gained by some of these controversial habits, the common denominator in them may be routine.

Our bodies like routines. We adapt to them, and they reduce stress which is good for overall health.

 

cherokeeprogressive

(24,853 posts)
15. The WHO probably wants her arrested or silenced.
Sun Nov 1, 2015, 01:56 PM
Nov 2015

They've decided to fight climate change by convincing the world meat gives you cancer.

They can't have people like her spreading their pro-flesh propaganda.

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