[Silver Bridge] Volume 5 · Chapter 19 · A 101-year-old grandmother's garlic peeling and the secret of a century

Key points in 3 lines

1. A serial column in which the author visits centenarians in Goheung, Jeollanam-do, and in Bama, Guangxi, China, and writes that their eating and working habits are similar.
2. The author reports that 101-year-old Mrs. Kim spends four hours a day peeling garlic, and writes that 7,634 people in Korea were aged 100 or older in 2023.
3. The author argues that longevity depends on diet, movement and repeated relationships with neighbours rather than on genes, and notes that this content is included in Chapter 19 of his book.

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