120-year-old found fighting fit after 1st check-up in life

[randomGuy]

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KOLKATA: His devotees were worried because he was having headaches for the first time in his life. Not bad for a 120-year old. So, the monk walked in for the first medical check-up of his life. To put it in perspective, when Swami Sivananda was born, it had only been a year since X-ray was invented, and on Saturday, he didn't bat an eyelid when he was wheeled into an MRI machine. Swami Sivananda walked out with a clean bill of health but for high blood pressure -even then his diastolic was absolutely normal at 80. The secret of baba's health? Mashed green chillies every day . Plus boiled food, daily exercises and the joy of helping. Swami Sivananda's passport and Aadhaar card put his age at 120, but he looks 50 years younger -there's hardly a wrinkle on his cheeks. Doctors and nurses at the private hospi tal were awestruck by the monk's mental and physical agility. They were speechless when he did a sarbangasana at the drop of a hat (or request). Born on August 8, 1896, in Behala, then a village, the swamiji could be the oldest living person. In fact, he is about five years older than Japan's Jiroemon Kimura, who holds the Guinness Record now. Though based in Varanasi, he moves around the country and abroad for spiritual discourses. He seemed quite bemused at his first medical check-up. He has been staying with a devotee in Salt Lake for about a month now. In the last few days, he started complaining of headaches after every discourse with devotees. Prodded by his followers, he agreed to a check-up. All these years, we've nev er heard Swamiji com plain of health problems. When he said he was having headaches, we persuaded him to get a check-up," said Dr S C Garai, a disciple.All they found was systolic hypertension (18080). "Even people in their forties can have such high blood pressure if they lead stressful lives.Swami Sivananda has the heart of a young man," said Dr P C Mondal, interventional cardiologist at the hospital. "Clinically, his heart seems to be in good condition.The ECG and echocardiogram reports are awaited. He agreed to take medication for his high blood pressure but asked us if he could postpone it by five days so that he can work on reducing it on his own," Mondal said. Born Sivananda Goswami, his parents died on the same day when he was only four years old. His elder sister, who used to beg for food with him, died two years later. Some relatives handed over the child to a guruji who brought the boy to Nadadwip. He moved around before settling down in Varanasi in 1979. What's the secret of his longevity and health? "I believe in eating simple, living humble and in being compassionate. I feel good when I have tried my best to help those in distress," the guru told TOI in perfect English, despite never having got formal education. He had boiled rice, boiled pulses and boiled vegetables with a couple of green chillies from the hospital's canteen for lunch. Chef Suman Bhattacharjee got a pat for the doubled boiled rice as swamiji has lost all his teeth, perhaps the only sign of his age. "As a child who had to sleep on an empty stomach many nights, even boiled food is a fancy . I stuck to boiled food as a habit and not because I was conscious of my health. Fruits and milk are a fancy for the hungry so I avoid them," said Swami Sivananda. While many `Godmen' or gurus live in palatial houses, Swami Sivananda lives in a 600 sq ft flat in Varanasi donated by his disciples. Anyone who wants to approach the swamiji with their problems can walk in any time of the day . He sleeps on a mat with a wooden block for a pillow. He performs yoga, pranayama and freehand exercises for two hours daily. The rest of the day he reads, chants and speaks with devotees from any religion.The good days are when he gets to help someone. Every Saturday, he and his devotees distribute food among the poor. He also spends time working with lepers and plans to travel to Puri in December to help lepers and beggars.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/120-year-old-found-fighting-fit-after-1st-check-up-in-life/articleshow/53472762.cms

[Vilander]

So is he the oldest person alive or is it bogus. 

[surajmal]

rofl... 120 yr person in a shithole like west bengal? Statistically impossible. 

[randomGuy]

Prevention is much better than cure..

No stress n negativity. Trying to be happy. Eat less. Trying to eat boiled rather than fried food, green chillis, exercise, being conscious abt health.... The swami has been doing all the right things.

another pic:

http://m.timesofindia.com/city/varanasi/Oldest-man-awaits-his-Aadhar-number/articleshow/22390901.cms

[Muloghonto]

15 hours ago, surajmal said:

rofl... 120 yr person in a shithole like west bengal? Statistically impossible. 

yes because anywhere else in India, the air is so much cleaner, food is so much better, eh ?!

 

[SLICKR392]

46 minutes ago, Muloghonto said:

yes because anywhere else in India, the air is so much cleaner, food is so much better, eh ?!

 

Nay,

[surajmal]

1 hour ago, Muloghonto said:

yes because anywhere else in India, the air is so much cleaner, food is so much better, eh ?!

 

I said no such thing. No need to get defensive. 

[Muloghonto]

43 minutes ago, surajmal said:

I said no such thing. No need to get defensive. 

I wondered why you isolated it as 'shit-hole like WB' and not 'shit-hole like India', since realistically speaking, food, air and water quality in practically all over India, aka 99%+ of Inhabited India, is atrocious and death-hastening.

 

[surajmal]

46 minutes ago, Muloghonto said:

I wondered why you isolated it as 'shit-hole like WB' and not 'shit-hole like India', since realistically speaking, food, air and water quality in practically all over India, aka 99%+ of Inhabited India, is atrocious and death-hastening.

 

I take offense to that accusation. My proneness to ascribe derogatory labels to India, as a whole, cannot be questioned. 

Edited August 7, 2016 by surajmal

[Vilander]

14 hours ago, surajmal said:

I take offense to that accusation. My proneness to ascribe derogatory labels to India, as a whole, cannot be questioned. 

given the situation in hand, you could feel encouraged to edit the said post to include your prone whole India derog, i might add.

[Vilander]

guess he would be more like 70 got a fake birth cert for setting up holy bhaba business when he migrated from Bangladesh.

[MechEng]

My great grand father lived till 106 years old and I've heard stories about him being expert at shirshasana even after crossing 100. He lived in a village so the food consumed was daily fresh from the farm with lots of ghee, no processed food or caffeine drinks. Tea, coffee or any other caffeine drinks were popular only among elitist Indians and the British, the common Indian man considered these beverages to be a novelty in those days.

Edited August 10, 2016 by MechEng

[velu]

never thought @Malcolm Merlyn is this old

 

[randomGuy]

7 minutes ago, MechEng said:

My great grand father lived till 106 years old and I've heard stories about him being expert at shirshasana even after crossing 100. He lived in a village so the food consumed was daily fresh from the farm with lots of ghee, no processed food or caffeine drinks. Tea, coffee or any other caffeine drinks were popular only among elitist Indians and the British, the common Indian man considered these beverages to be a novelty in those days.

My grandfather is 90+ . Never drinks tea or coffee. 

 

I notice that most old people die during winters.  winters are short in india . If they can make it through those 2-3 winter months, they survive the rest of the year.

Its my theory tht places where winters are not present or are very short, old people have a lot better chances of living longer.

[velu]

one of my great grandmother is still alive , she might be closer to 100..

she use to take tobacco when I was a kid and now also she might take I guess

[rkt.india]

My grandfather died last year. He was probably 100 years of age and he smoked hookka whole his life.

[Texy]

On August 7, 2016 at 0:06 AM, surajmal said:

rofl... 120 yr person in a shithole like west bengal? Statistically impossible. 

dafaq? That was unnecessary. 

[G_B_]

man people really dont hold back when it comes to WB.....

[Vilander]

3 hours ago, MechEng said:

My great grand father lived till 106 years old and I've heard stories about him being expert at shirshasana even after crossing 100. He lived in a village so the food consumed was daily fresh from the farm with lots of ghee, no processed food or caffeine drinks. Tea, coffee or any other caffeine drinks were popular only among elitist Indians and the British, the common Indian man considered these beverages to be a novelty in those days.

 

3 hours ago, randomGuy said:

My grandfather is 90+ . Never drinks tea or coffee. 

 

I notice that most old people die during winters.  winters are short in india . If they can make it through those 2-3 winter months, they survive the rest of the year.

Its my theory tht places where winters are not present or are very short, old people have a lot better chances of living longer.

 

3 hours ago, MechEng said:

My great grand father lived till 106 years old and I've heard stories about him being expert at shirshasana even after crossing 100. He lived in a village so the food consumed was daily fresh from the farm with lots of ghee, no processed food or caffeine drinks. Tea, coffee or any other caffeine drinks were popular only among elitist Indians and the British, the common Indian man considered these beverages to be a novelty in those days.

My grandfather used to do double somersault when he was 95 ha while holding a beer bottle in his hand. 

[moniker]

My great great grandfather used to roll his weed on a paper bomb, could blow away hundreds of goons with a flick of the finger, used to carry the whole family on his shoulders to buy stuff from the city and back and farted so loud that everyone in the village would scamper deep into the woods and return only in the morning. He got so frustrated at never dying that he died eventually at 150 out of frustration.