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105 Year-Old Woman Says Eating Bacon Every Day Is The Key To Long Life

Doug Mataconis
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It’s hard to argue with a woman who’s lived more than a century:

A 105-year-old woman from Richland, Texas says that the key to long life is bacon.

Pearl Cantrell’s love of bacon is so strong that the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile made a stop through town last week to wish her a happy birthday, all because she told a local news station her amazing secret.

“I love bacon, I eat it everyday,” she told a reporter for Abilene-based Big Country Homepage in April. “I don’t feel as old as I am, that’s all I can say.”

The science is settled!

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13 responses to “105 Year-Old Woman Says Eating Bacon Every Day Is The Key To Long Life”

  1. OzarkHillbilly Avatar
    OzarkHillbilly

    Good enough for me.

  2. Franklin Avatar
    Franklin

    I love that the related post is about Ken Bacon dying.

  3. John Peabody Avatar
    John Peabody

    Show me the birth certificate. Is she really 105?

  4. Ben Avatar
    Ben

    Some people just have the most amazing goddamned genes. This reminds me of my paternal great grandfather, who lived to the age of 98, and smoked cigarettes for over 75 years. Never got lung cancer, never had problems breathing or developed a hacking cough or anything. He made himself a manhattan with dinner every night until his last week alive. He was still spry and in relatively good health, and still drove himself places into his mid 90s.

  5. anjin-san Avatar
    anjin-san

    It’s hard to argue with a woman who’s lived more than a century:

    Not really, it only takes one word. Outlier. Bacon is only a few notches up from toxic waste.

  6. wr Avatar
    wr

    Eating bacon every day is the key to long life. Except, you know, for the pig.

  7. Stormy Dragon Avatar
    Stormy Dragon

    @anjin-san:

    Bacon is only a few notches up from toxic waste.

    Stone the blasphemer!!

  8. John Peabody Avatar
    John Peabody

    Well, c’mon, yeah, it’s an outlier. But it gives many of us peace, at least for one day.

    One….blessed….day…..

  9. andrew e. Avatar
    andrew e.

    I would like to buy a subscription to this woman’s newsletter.

  10. Mr. Replica Avatar
    Mr. Replica

    Uh, I am pretty sure Burgess Meredith told Jack Lemmon this in Grumpier Old Men, like 17 years ago.

    Or was it Grumpy Old Men…

  11. john personna Avatar
    john personna

    Related:

    7 Dodgy Food Practices Banned in Europe But Just Fine Here

    Food producers rule. Consumers, eat what is on your plate.

  12. grumpy realist Avatar
    grumpy realist

    Any mention of bacon needs to link to this page and John Scalzi’s taping bacon to his cat.

  13. Eric the OTB Lurker Avatar
    Eric the OTB Lurker

    Y’know, usually I’m a pretty logical guy and require requisite proof for such claims, but… this one just feels right. Right as rain.

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