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RECENT PEAKS AND VALLEYS IN THE JOURNEY

- By Mike Crisolago

If this trend continues we’re going to need a Tinder-like app for seniors. May we suggest “Older”? A survey by Match.com finds that both men and women say the best sex of their lives occurs in their mid-60s.

Japan’s Masazo Nonaka, the world’s oldest living man, says his love of sweets helped him live to 112 Of course, he said this through a translator named Mr. Cook E. Monster, so medical profession­als remain skeptical.

Then the future King of England stepped back to the mic and asked, “And what’s the deal with airplane food?” Sky News reports that on a tour of Australia, Prince Charles, 69, says aging prevents him from fitting into certain clothes before quipping, “They keep telling me, ‘You have brilliant genes.’ But the trouble is I can’t get into them either.”

The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine showcases products including an anti-aging face cream made with human placenta blood cells Which begs the question, how badly do you really want to get rid of those wrinkles?

Yes, but have you tried the human placenta face cream? Actress and model Isabella Rossellini, 65, who was rehired as the face of Lancôme’s Rénergie line of products after being let go by the company at age 42 because she was considered too old for the role, tells Glamour that, “We can’t anti-age. It’s against nature!”

U.S. researcher­s say that a man’s brain can age by about a third of a year faster following a traumatic life event Though we should specify, for any concerned men reading this, that scientists don’t consider watching your team lose in the Stanley Cup playoffs a “traumatic” event.

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