A woman from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, that is about to turn 103 years old has a key to living to her age that is going to make a lot of people very happy.
Mildred Bowers, better known as Millie, has lived through a lot in her life. She’s one of nine children, seen the Great Depression, and outlived two husbands. The key to getting past all of that? Beer.
Millie has a beer a day at 4 p.m. at her assisted living facility after her doctor gave her his blessing:
wistv.com – Columbia, South Carolina
From WIS10:
Bowers says there’s another secret to her longevity.
“Have a beer, doctor’s orders.”
Every day at four o’clock Bowers is allowed to have a beer at the assisted living facility. She says the idea came about during a conversation with some nurses, who said, “Why not?”
“They said, ‘But you know what? We’ll ask the doctor,’ so immediately he said yes,” Bowers said.
It is something she’d recommend for all seniors?
“Yes, if they like it,” she said, prompting laughter from her friends. “Look, there are people who don’t like coffee and people who don’t like tea, but I want everyone to drink what they like.”
So if living past 100 sounds like something you’d like to do, it sounds like it wouldn’t be a terrible idea to join Millie for a beer in the late afternoon. Just don’t go crazy with it.
[WIS10]
