The ‘secret’ to living to 100 has been ‘revealed’… and it might mean my friends ditching me

There are lessons to be learned from a Netflix series on the topic, but anybody following all the guidance will be celebrating their centenary alone

Are new friends the magic formula for the fountain of youth?

Fionola Meredith

‘How to live to 100’ — headlines like this are a staple of the Sunday newspapers. Normally I skip past them and go straight to the recipe pages. But last Sunday, I ended up reading ‘How to Live to 100’. It was the sub-headline that intrigued me: ‘You don’t need a new diet — you need new friends’.

Eh? How the heck is changing your friends going to keep you creaking on until the big centenary?