How to live to be 100 [Abkhazian Longevity] | CBS Documentary by Morley Safer (1975)

In 1975, Morley Safer visited the lush valleys of Abkhazia where residents routinely lived to 100 - without giving up wine, meat, or cigarettes.
In the lush valleys of Abkhazia, located on the border of southern Russia, Safer found that living to 100 or older is not uncommon-- and drinking alcohol may have played a role in the villagers' longevity. Local doctors told Safer that the quantity of wine and alcohol they consumed may have shielded them from disease.
And the Abkhazians Safer met certainly knew how to drink. While attending the 135th birthday of Kfaf Lasuria, the oldest person in the Soviet Union at the time, Safer watched the birthday girl smoke cigarettes, and chug a large glass of alcohol to shouts of encouragement from partygoers.
Beyond their love of spirits, the elderly Abkhazians had other habits that may have contributed to the strange, yet miraculous trend of longevity in the region. For example, many of the supercentenarians were accustomed to the daily physical labor of gardening and keeping livestock. They also made an effort to lead stress-free lives. Most notably, a doctor told Safer that it was rare for Abkhazians to utter harsh words, and their families enjoyed close relationships.
Such a scene made Safer consider some life lessons on the best way to "keep young:"
Food from the earth, not from a can.
Hard physical labor, not the so-called leisure years.
And above all, an unbreakable belief in family life that makes age more important than youth or wealth -- and old age the most important time of life.
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Watching this video, I feel I’m looking back 1,000 years! How amazing if those people were truly that old…

[@annabellaemm260]

"Everything they eat is fresh". That explains so much. Also, they get vigorous exercise every day, don't have the stress we have (all day long reminders sickness and death with those damn "ask your doctor" commercials). Their family life is tantamount. I could go on, but the rest follows that thread.

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Why should they be lying about their age. They don't rush, flush out their system with the best anti- oxygents ( alcohol). have zen pleasure in smoking, eat organic food and keep physically active and the mind peaceful... living such a holistic life style surely is a recipe for longevitye

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Dr Grundys RUclips video today on longlivity talks about his “blue zones”but doesn’t acknowledge Abkhazia 🤣

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@@zeez9053 it’s a secret

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2:40 hahaha

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Abkhazia❤❤
Apsny💝💝

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@@AST_976 youre nto a country just georgians who speak russian with georgian last names

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@@nik-1844All of the 20 most common surnames in Abkhazia are Abkhaz.