The oldest people in the world

Today I just managed to catch a documentary called "The Oldest People In The World". Daisy Asquith meets centenarians from all over the globe and discusses the reasons for their longevity. I have the program recorded and may upload it at some point.

From watching the program a few things become quite clear. Centenarian men in the documentary were far healthier at the same ages as the women cents... They were more active, looked more healthy and younger, and they all wanted, desire, to go on living for as long as possible. The majority of the female centenarians were very frail, in wheelchairs, and all but a few wanted to die. However there were two female centenarians that seemed quite happy to live on... one of them was a seventh day adventist named Marge. She never smoked, never drank, exercised on her bike everyday, lifts weights a few times a week and keeps active. You can see an article on her here

There wasn't really much to learn about the secret of long life from the centenarians. All lead different lives, and nothing consistent about their lifestyle. But what if the centenarians (who probably had good genes) all lead a healthy life style. It seems that they might have been in far better health at 100+, or not, thats just speculation. But we do know that even with good genes, doing things like smoking, eating bad foods still can't be good.

One thing some of them wanted back was youth, to be young. If they had that, then I have no doubt they would like to continue living.

Update:

Heres the video, enjoy :)