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| Pearl Cantrell eating fried bacon |
(Scroll down for video) If you want to live to at least 105-years-old you got to eat fried strips of bacon every day, at least according to one old woman.
Pearl Cantrell, of Abilene, Texas, attributes her longevity, to thin strips of fried pork.
"I love bacon and I eat it every day," Cantrell said.
The mother of seven children just celebrated her 105th birthday. Her daughter, Anno Cantrell, said her mother still loves to sew and dance, especially country dancing, and two-stepping, even at her age. She gave up mowing the lawn at the age of 100.
Cantrell’s jobs throughout her life included working on fields and waiting tables. She survived her two husbands, and three of her children. The woman claims that bacon helped her survive through hard times.
Because of her love of fried food, Oscar Meyer, a company that sells bacon, gave her several packages of bacon and let her ride in the Weinermobile.
“People should take such claims for what its worth. Just because one woman lived a long life despite eating fried meat her entire life does not mean that anyone eating fried meat every day will live a long life. The opposite is true, as countless studies showed that eating fried and processed meats increases the risk of sudden death,” Teresa Garza, 25, of Houston, Texas told YourJewishNews.com after learning about the old woman who loves fried bacon.
Scientific evidence however, has shown that fried foods are not exactly the keys to longevity. A study presented in February at the International Stroke Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii showed that southerners who eat fried, salty foods more than the rest of the United States are 20 percent more likely to die from a stroke than the rest of the country. Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia are known as the "stroke belt" in the U.S., according to the National Blood, Heart, and Lung Institute.Mobile video not loading? Click here to view