Global Show: The Oldest Man in the World

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Why are people being inspired with the idea that it is impossible to live longer than 120 years, and if you reach this venerable age, then only as a "vegetable" and a decrepit burden for relatives?

The book of the Russian surgeon Fyodor Grigorievich Uglov (1904-2008) "Are we living our own age", written in 1983 in collaboration with the writer Ivan Vladimirovich Drozdov, fell into the hands of the Russian surgeon. A convinced supporter of a sober lifestyle, Fyodor Grigorievich, the oldest practicing surgeon in the history of world medicine (he operated at the age of over 100), in his book talks about the principles that allow you to live a long and happy life, never get sick, feel full of strength and energy up to a ripe old age.

In addition to recommendations to lead a healthy lifestyle, excluding the use of alcohol and tobacco, to observe basic hygiene rules, work, rest and nutrition, Uglov emphasizes the importance of work and life in harmony with his conscience, as the main guarantors of well-being for many years of life. "Nothing weighs a person down and affects his health so badly as discord with his conscience, his own unseemly actions, black envy," the author notes. Among other reasons that shorten life expectancy, Uglov also names excesses and quotes Hippocrates' words that "moderation in everything lies at the heart of the prevention of old age."

"With a negligent attitude to your health, you can quickly use up your vital forces, even if a person is in the best social and material conditions. And vice versa. Even with material difficulties, many shortcomings, a reasonable and strong-willed person can preserve life and health for a long time. But it is very important that a person cared about longevity from a young age. The proverb "take care of your honor from a young age" should be supplemented by another "take care of your health from a young age," the surgeon notes.

On the pages of the book Uglov gives examples of people who have lived 150 years or more:

In the scientific, popular science and socio-political literature, many reliable cases of the long life of people are described. Thus, it is reported that the leader of the tribe Mahammed Affzia died in Pakistan at the age of 180; his father died at the age of over 200. Ossetian Tense Abzive lived 180. Hazitev Arsigiri, a resident of the Grozny region, a resident of Hungary, Zoltan Petrazh, died at the age of 186. The English fisherman Henry Jennix died in Yorkshire at the age of 169. Another Englishman, Thomas Parr, arrived from Yorkshire to London in 1635 to to appear before King Charles I. This English peasant claimed to be 152 years old, 9 months old, outlived nine kings, and lived from the 15th to the 17th century. died suddenlyin London. For its autopsy, the court physician William Harvey was invited, who opened the blood circulation. He wrote a treatise on the autopsy results that did not question Parr's age. Death came fromsudden overeating.

From modern cases, the example of the Turk Zaro Agha (1778-1934), who lived for 156 years, is described. In total, he had 25 children and 34 grandchildren, being married 13 times. A photograph of the oldest resident of the USSR, an Azerbaijani collective farmer, Mahmud Eyvazov, at the age of 148, was placed on a postage stamp. By the way, according to the long-liver, he "never drank, smoked or lied."

In this regard, regular news releases are of interest, dedicated to the celebration of the next birthday of the "oldest inhabitant of the planet" according to the Guinness Book of Records (the Guinness Book of Records was first published on August 27, 1954 by Hugh Beaver, who runs the Guinness Brewery). These newscasts are shown not only in Russia, but also in all world media, which speaks of the global significance of such stories.

Here are excerpts from the Metro newspaper publication (March 2014):

The other day on March 5, the oldest person on the planet, a Japanese woman, Misao Okawa, celebrated her 116th birthday:

Record holder Misao Okawa was recognized last year, after the previous long-liver Jiroemon Kimura passed away on June 12, 2013 at the age of 117:

In turn, Jiroemon Komura, like most Guinness record holders, did not hold the title of the oldest person on the planet for long, since he became one a few months before his death in December 2012, when American Bess Cooper passed away at the age of 116.

At the same time, the absolute record for life expectancy according to the "Guinness Book of Records" belongs to the Frenchwoman Jeanne Kalman, who died in 1997, having lived for 122 years. Interestingly, in the conclusion of the doctors of the city of Ketango, where Zhanna Kalman died, it was noted that death was due to natural causes - i.e. the idea of Jeanne Caleman's achievement of the maximum life expectancy is carried out.

In news stories dedicated to the next birthday of the oldest person in the world (or the death of a record holder, which happens with about the same frequency), the negative image of old age imposed by the media is striking. First of all, we are shown people who not only cannot walk on their own, but even raise a spoon with difficulty, practically do not talk and, in fact, simply live out their lives without bringing any benefit to the surrounding society. Although the news periodically reports that record holders", have never used tobacco and alcohol, however, seeing a similar picture of a frightening helpless old age, viewers take this information negatively.

The thought is instilled into the subconscious of people with the help of such plots: "The maximum life expectancy of a person does not exceed 120 years, and there is no need to strive for this age, because there is nothing good in being like a vegetable."

Unlike the media, describing the stories of centenarians, Fedor Uglov emphasizes that in most deaths were due to illness or injury, i.e. these centenarians did not reach the limit of human life span. In addition, in the surgeon's book, all examples of centenarians are people fit, slender, in a sober mind and most importantly hardworking … All of them continue to work until the last days of their lives. At the same time, Uglov is not talking about work in general, but about meaningful work that benefits others: Those managers who cannot explain the meaning and significance of the work are bad and require its mechanical execution. … Labor, not illuminated by a high meaning, becomes hard, turns into a compulsory occupation. There is no greater punishment for a person than mindless work. ".

Considering that over the past hundred years the population of our planet has increased several times, there is no doubt that there are many real centenarians in the world, whose age exceeds 120 years, and who do not end their lives in nursing homes. However, these people do not fit into the format of the global news story "The Oldest Man in the World" and therefore access to television and the media is closed for them. And this, in turn, is a consequence of the domination on Earth of an inadequate plan of life arrangement, the purpose of which is not to allow a person to become a Human, not to allow the development of the genetically determined development potential of the Human Creator, predetermined from birth from Above.

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