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--Kaiser-- wrote: »

Ahem. I call shenanigans on her looking young because of a raw vegan diet. A raw vegan diet is not ideal or healthy in the first place, and secondly her youth may have nothing to do with her diet and may be down to her specific genetics (besides which, people of African descent tend to age better due to thicker skin).

Actually I even call shenanigans on her being the age she claims

Well Black don't crack as they say and with good reason. While slightly thicker skin is an advantage(men tend to age in the skin more slowly because of this), sun exposure is about the number one cause of skin damage and signs of aging, so if you've got built in factor 20 from birth(much of this damage happens before 20) you're onto a winner. Look at those women who loved sunbeds in their 20's, they look well ropey by 40.

As for her true age? I knew an African woman who was in her mid 60's and even up close if you had told me she was late 30's I'd have easily believed you. She looked pre middle age if you know what I mean. I saw a link recently where a black bloke in the UK was carded for ID buying booze and he was 50 and he really didn't look 50, 30 at a push and it would be pushing it.

I'd agree re the diet. I recall reading somewhere that meat eaters had better skin(though higher risk of other illnesses). Makes some sense as they'd have high protein intake, which is gonna feed the skin more. Building collagen from fruit ain't gonna be as easy and veg protein is different to animal. He avoidance of breast cancer which seems to run in her family would be more down to diet. High meat intake raises the risk and veganism lowers it. Ditto for her lack of diabetes.

Then again what might be working is not so much the type of diet, but the amount of calories she's taking in. High nutrient low calorie diets are the only proven way(outside of genetic manipulation) to extend longevity and health in mammals, so if she was getting all the nutrients, but in a low cal package that might explain it, but we'd be talking very low calories. Those longevity diets are under 1000 cals a day so maybe not.