Humanity has long since come to terms with the idea that life is short, and after a certain age, not a new stage begins, but a gradual decline. We have been taught since childhood that 70–80 years is the limit, and there is no other option.
📖 Fairy tales and literature depict old age as weakness, illness, and approaching the end
🎬 Movies and advertising reinforce this image, showing people over 60 as weak and sick, and aging as an inevitable and depressing process
🏛 The state sends people into retirement at 60, as if life loses its value after that
⚕️ Medicine does not look for ways to maintain health for many years, but only helps to survive👥 Social roles speak clearly: youth = activity, maturity = work and caring for the family, old age = rest and waiting for the end
We see our relatives aging, watch their bodies fade over the years, and program ourselves for the same fate. The belief has taken root in society that a long life is not a blessing, but a burden.
And indeed, many find it easier to come to terms with this than to think about how to change their destiny. After all, if old age inevitably brings suffering, then what to strive for longevity, it is more convenient to choose “here and now”.
But what if all this is a mistake?
Why do we believe in the inevitability of a short life?
Conversations about longevity invariably come across the same stereotypes:
🔹“A healthy lifestyle is not a panacea”
🔹“Grandpa drank, smoked and still lived to 100!”
🔹“A vegan died at 40 - so it was all a waste of time”
These beliefs are convenient, because they justify inaction. The modern world dictates: “Live in the moment, don’t think about the consequences!” So momentary pleasures win out over concern for the future.
And when health problems begin, few people think that it is not old age - it is a consequence of lifestyle.
📌 Here is the hidden substitution - we are convinced that fading, illness and suffering are inevitable with age. But in fact, this is not a consequence of old age, but the result of lifestyle and nutrition.
Fruitarianism and life extension
Today, it is unlikely that you will find long-livers who have retained health and clarity of mind until old age. And among fruitarians, there are no such examples at all - there are too few of us, and we are still paving this path.
But if you look at it logically, the prospects inspire hope:
✅ Clean, living food protects the body, reducing the load
✅ Minimum toxins → fewer mutations, slower aging
✅ Improved metabolism → cells are renewed faster and better
✅ Almost complete absence of diseases → the body remains strong and young longer
Can fruitarians live 150-200 years?
And not just reach this mark, but maintain energy, strength and clarity of mind?
We are now pioneers on an uncharted path. We do not have ready-made examples, but we have logic, observations and intuition that say: a person is capable of living much longer than he is used to thinking.
What do you think, is it realistic to live 150 years?
And how many years in a strong, healthy body would you choose?