151 intro science says that your diet how much you exercise and your genes all play a role in determining how long youll live those who have lived to blow out 100 candles however say theyve used other strategies for achieving their old age here longevity tips from 11 centenarians around the worldsome legit some hilarious and some downright bizarre 16 unexpected ways to add years to your life quicklist 1category 11 secrets of people whove lived to 100title agnes fenton 110urltext agnes fenton of new jersey credits her 110 years to downing three bottles of miller high life and a glass of whiskey every day she told abc news in august 2015 that her boozefilled diet began 70 years ago when a doctor advised her to drink the champagne of beers daily after finding that her only health problem was a benign tumor fenton followed her doctors orders for years even adding some johnnie walker blue label into the mix until her caretakers nixed the alcohol when she began to eat less quicklist 2category 11 secrets of people whove lived to 100title gertrude weaver lived to 116urltext gertrude weaver one of the last surviving people born in the 1800s when she passed in april 2015 credited her 116 years to simply being kind her advice for a long life treat people right and be nice to other people the way you want them to be nice to you she told time in 2014 weaver also credited her lack of chronic health problems to not drinking or smoking and getting plenty of sleep 13 everyday habits that are aging you quicklist 3category 11 secrets of people whove lived to 100title jessie gallan lived to 109urltextjessie gallan spent her life eating lots of porridge but you never would have found her spending her time with a man in her 109 years this independent lady never married in january 2015 shortly before her 109th birthday and just three months before she passed away gallan linked the lack of men in her life to her longevity theyre more trouble than theyre worth she told the daily mail instead she spent her life getting plenty of exercise surrounding herself with nice people and working hard starting at age 13 quicklist 4category 11 secrets of people whove lived to 100title alexander imich lived to 111urltextalexander imich of new york city was born the same year that the yankees played their first season and more than a year before the new york subways opened for business in may 2014 a month before his death the 111yearold told nbc new york that he stayed in tiptop shape with a lifetime of healthy eating and abstinence from alcohol his diet included chicken and fish and he spent his younger years swimming and participating in gymnastics eat your way to health and happiness quicklist 5category 11 secrets of people whove lived to 100title duranord veillard 108urltextnew york resident duranord veillard 108 starts each day with oatmeal fruit and