Annette Larkins: The Beautiful 70 Year Old Who Doesn't Look a Day Over 40 !!!!, page 1

I can see the age in her face, but something nobody has mentioned is her dark skin. Dark skinned people have more protection from the UV rays of the sun and usually exhibit fewer wrinkles at older ages. I've seen countless numbers of dark skinned people in their 50's that have a complexion similar to a white person in their 30's. However, most of them have health problems because, well, most people don't take care of themselves. This lady would not be as attractive as she is at 70 even with the darkest skin if she hadn't practiced good health AND enjoyed it. Many MANY people die from internal health issues that you cannot see on the outside. When thinking about health, it really helps to not focus as much om what's outside because it can be very misleading. Obesity is easy to spot, but what about somebody who works a lot outside and has a lot of wrinkles as a result? Some would say they look old, but a wise person would know they're probably healthy since a sign of a sedentary person is a pale complexion - less wrinkles - and usually a lack of exercise - in the outdoors. While they might have less wrinkles, a sedentary lifestyle is deadly and kills you faster than anything else. This is not to say a healthy long lived person has to look like a shriveled prune. But the average long-lived healthy person WILL look that way. Moderating sunlight exposure is difficult to do. Some people do have unique bone structures beneath their face (as they age) that reduce their wrinkles, but this is structural and doesn't have to do with healthier skin or anything.

Simple fact of the matter is not everybody can afford to be healthy or has the vigor or intelligence. It requires a balance of traits across the spectrum of habit and character and body and circumstances surrounding you. Work and family are tremendous responsibilities all by themselves. This is a level of balance that most people cannot achieve. She's like a gymnast balancing on a pin head.

I'd also be weary of judging this as your fountain of youth. This lady could be dead in 5 years easily. It happens. If she lives to 100, I'll take back my skepticsm and eat crow for dinner.

(my grandpa lived to 100 and at 70 he looked like an oldtimer.. was bald.. had wrinkles,, was alcoholic for a while and had borderline diabetes. from 70 to 97 he only slightly changed in looks. he never looked young he just kept moving... his mother's brother lived to 108 or something if I recall. they didn't live that long sitting on couches. they didn't look young. they just kept moving... he always said they got more sleep and worked hard. they ate more natural too. no refined foods back then. my grandpa had a garden but he ate lots of meat too. he ate a lot of tv dinners in his 90's.)

On a side topic.... I remember reading that short people live longer than tall people is hat true? I also recall a study where they found that people with low BMI's in their 20's and 30's lived a long time. It didn't matter so much what they did afterward since it could be predicted on their 20's and 30's. one of the examples was some place in japan where they experienced a sort of depressions and resuilting starvation. the peole who lived durign that period in their 20's and 30's went on to live a long time. But I wonder if they lived longer just because they had better genes and not because of their bmi? Interestingly, my grandpa grew up in a logging camp and was in his 20's during the great depression. He was short too (5'8 about). So i wonder if these things are connected to his longevity.

edit on 10-10-2012 by jonnywhite because: (no reason given)