# The secret to long life? Bacon!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-to-long-life-bacon/657829>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 8, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-to-long-life-bacon/657829 "2013-05-08T18:25:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-to-long-life-bacon/657829/1 "2013-05-08T18:25:26Z")

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[My dreams come true…](http://www.scienceworldreport.com/articles/6715/20130508/105-year-old-texas-woman-reveals-bacon-secret-behi-long.htm)

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-to-long-life-bacon/657829/2 "2013-05-08T18:31:11Z")

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The secret to my long life is that all I eat is a glass of cool, clear, mountain water every day. That’s it, nothing but a glass of water.

And a stuffed cabbage. What, you expect me to live on just water?

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**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-to-long-life-bacon/657829/3 "2013-05-08T18:47:15Z")

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I heard that if you eat a piece of bacon every day for at least 1200 months you will live to be at least 100.