Parth Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 Abstinence helps the heart grow older A 107-year-old Hong Kong villager, who still enjoys an occasional smoke, has attributed his longevity in part to decades of sexual abstinence, a newspaper says. "I don't know why I have lived this long," Chan Chi - one of Hong Kong's oldest people - was quoted as saying in the South China Morning Post during an annual feast for the city's elders. "Maybe it has to do with the fact that I have lived a sex-less life for many years - since I was 30," Chan said, a widower whose youthful bride perished during the Japanese invasion in World War II. Chan, from Hong Kong's less built-up New Territories hinterland, was pictured looking sprightly and eating heartily at the banquet. A former chef, he says a low-fat diet and regular dawn exercises had helped him fight off the ravages of old age. - Reuters 2014 Mod Edit: The article can be found here. Link to post Share on other sites
Hallucigenia Posted March 4, 2007 Share Posted March 4, 2007 So... he's eating great and exercising, but the only think the media attributes his health to is his sex life (or lack thereof)? I think they're just trying to be sensational again. Though, this is a good counterexample to trot out if anyone gives you the "But sex is good for you!" line. Link to post Share on other sites
Parth Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 I agree with you on both points :lol: Link to post Share on other sites
Phlying Ace Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Hehe, saw that on the Colbert Report :P Link to post Share on other sites
Kallan Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Shaolin Monks believed that their semen was the physical embodiment of their life essence, so every time someone engaged in a sex act, they shortened their own life. Link to post Share on other sites
Hallucigenia Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 Shaolin Monks believed that their semen was the physical embodiment of their life essence, so every time someone engaged in a sex act, they shortened their own life. Ouch. Where do girls keep their life essence? Link to post Share on other sites
Parth Posted March 7, 2007 Author Share Posted March 7, 2007 We... receive it from the men, apparently O.o Link to post Share on other sites
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