A List of 10 Reasons I Know People Live Well into Their 100s

I moved to Costa Rica in 2017.

  1. 9 degrees north of the Equator means the sunrises and sets at the same time every day

  2. Costa Rica doesn’t participate in Daylight Saving Time

  3. Rice and Beans is a complete protein when paired

  4. Eat food, not too much, mostly plants

  5. Water is the most important things to drink for the human body

  6. Walking counts as exercise

  7. When you are older, the government helps you find relatives to move you back home.

  8. The government offers housing to everyone and has a pay it back to them system.

  9. Medical care from birth is free for all the babies and kids until you are dead well into your over 100s in Costa Rica because

  10. And Costa Rica doesn’t have a military branch to their government that people pay taxes into.

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