World's oldest person - Kane Tanaka (118yo)

[Apple]

Just stumbled on this peaty centenarian - Kane Tanaka.
She likes eating chocolate and drinking Coke.
Secret to her longevity, Tanaka replied, “Eating delicious food and studying.”

World's oldest person marks 118th birthday in Fukuoka

Kane Tanaka, born on Jan. 2, 1903, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person in March 2019 at the age of 116.

www.japantimes.co.jp

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

Such a Peaty story! Thanks Apollo!

 

[Mauritio]

Just stumbled on this peaty centenarian - Kane Tanaka.
She likes eating chocolate and drinking Coke.
Secret to her longevity, Tanaka replied, “Eating delicious food and studying.”

World's oldest person marks 118th birthday in Fukuoka

Kane Tanaka, born on Jan. 2, 1903, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person in March 2019 at the age of 116.

www.japantimes.co.jp

The fact that centenarians seem to enjoy and eat a lot of chocolate is very common .

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

The fact that centenarians seem to enjoy and eat a lot of chocolate is very common .

I noticed that too. I may just to have a piece today!

 

[skuabird]

Does anyone know if Japanese coca-cola uses sugar > corn syrup?

 

[Mauritio]

I noticed that too. I may just to have a piece today!

Already did :)

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

Already did :)

I had to eat my liver first ?

 

[Mauritio]

I had to eat my liver first ?

Right, gotta earn it ?

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

Right, gotta earn it ?

That's how I get away with a lot! ?

 

[Ainaga]

Health and longevity​

Kane Tanaka c. 1920s
Tanaka had several major illnesses and was infected with paratyphoid fever with her adopted daughter at the age of 35.[26] She underwent pancreatic cancer surgery at the age of 45.[26] In 2006, Tanaka was diagnosed with colorectal cancer and underwent surgery when she was 103 years old.[7] Her life and longevity were noted by her second son and his wife four years later when they published a book called In Good and Bad Times, 107 Years Old.[9] At the age of 114, she was interviewed by KBC in September 2017.[27] On 9 March 2019, Tanaka was officially presented with the "World's Oldest Living Person" and "World's Oldest Living Woman" titles by Guinness World Records, verifying her longevity claim.[18] On 19 September 2020, she broke the record of longest-lived Japanese person, as well as the third-oldest person in the world, after surpassing Nabi Tajima's age of 117 years, 260 days.[5] On 8 April 2022, she surpassed the lifespan of Sarah Knauss to become the second-oldest verified person.[28]

Tanaka had said that she wanted to live to the age of 120, crediting her faith in God, family, sleep, hope, eating good food and practicing mathematics for her longevity.[7][29] Her longevity, along with that of Jeanne Calment, has contributed to the debate that the maximum lifespan for humans could be 115–125 years.[4][30] After Tanaka's death, Frenchwoman Lucile Randonbecame the world's oldest validated living person.[31]

 

[Twohandsondeck]

Just to emphasize what @Ainaga shared, according to that Wikipedia link, she

>was born premature in 1903
>married her cousin and stayed married until he died at 90 (71 years of marriage)
>converted to Christianity after WWII
>had pancreatic cancer surgery at age 45
>had colorectal cancer surgery at age 103
>and lived to 119 years, 107 days

take that, genetic predeterminists!

 

[DanDare]

So the bioenergetic, Ray Peat idea, is high metabolism: long life
And also low metabolism: cancer.

Yet she had cancer ( low metabolism), and yet lived a long time ( high metabolism).

I looked up what she ate and found:

"Kane Tanaka, a 119-year-old woman from Fukuoka, Japan who currently reigns as the oldest living person, eats rice, fish and soup. However, she's not exactly on a strict routine. For her, that means savoring hakata ramen, motsu nabe (offal stew), mentaiko (fish roe) and mizutaki (chicken hotpot)."

If this is a Peaty diet then ' a Peaty diet' means exactly nothing.

So really her life is at odds with the bioenergetic ) Ray Peat theory.

To summarise, she didn't appear to eat like Ray Peat and lived almost 50% longer despite having cancer twice, and treatment, which is supposed to mean she is systemically doomed to a short life.

 

[Twohandsondeck]

To summarise, she didn't appear to eat like Ray Peat and lived almost 50% longer despite having cancer twice, and treatment, which is supposed to mean she is systemically doomed to a short life.

Shhhhh you're making the no-major-health-problems-ever 23-30 year old men of the forum question the validity of white sugar, liver, and antibiotics!

 

[DanDare]

Shhhhh you're making the no-major-health-problems-ever 23-30 year old men of the forum question the validity of white sugar, liver, and antibiotics!

and thyroid, progesterone and DHT

 

[Twohandsondeck]

and thyroid, progesterone and DHT

pick a card, any card!