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How To Live To 106, Or Not
Posted May 8, 2009 by Geoff Fox
Updated May 8, 2009 at 04:31 PM
I don’t want to live one day past 100.
And some days, I hope I never see 40. Or even 38.
Earlier today, though, I learned how one Native American woman from Tampa lived well beyond a century.
As he peddled drums, shakers, bows, spears, knives and other items at the 18th annual Withlacoochee Native American Indian Culture Mother’s Day Powwow, Arnie Garcia showed me a picture of his mother-in-law, Ruby Tiger Osceola, who died several years ago at 106.
When I asked him about the secret to her longevity, Garcia didn’t hesitate.
“Fish, deer and turtle,” he said.
I’ve seen a guy eat turtle on one of those survival shows on cable, but I’ve never actually had any, and I told him so.
“It’s pretty good,” Garcia said. “You can cut it open and make a soup with rice, or you can just roast it – just like a gar fish. You roast it like corn.”
I suppose I could.
But I won’t.
If that means I’ll die quicker, so be it.
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