Name: Living to 100 is not all in your genes 

Author: Ken MacQueen 

Synopsis:

In this article, Ken talks about the facts about living to 100 and beyond. He says it isn't necessarily in your genes but how you live. One statistic he provides is that the "Seventh-day Adventists of Loma Linda" have an average life expectancy of 85 and researchers believe that this is because of their religion and how it forbids smoking and drinking while encouraging exercise and a vegetarian diet. Ken also mentions how women will live longer and men shorter because of their higher rates of death by accident and misadventure in their early years. It is easy for me to believe this article being a male and understanding how some of my actions aren't very safe and how someone like my mother is so cautious and safe. That is my understanding and thought on this article.