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“I never leave home without my cayenne pepper. I either stash a bottle of the liquid extract in my pocket book or I stick it in the shopping cart I pull around with me all over Manhattan. When it comes to staying right side up in this world, a black woman needs at least three things. The first is a quiet spot of her own, a place away from the nonsense. The second is a stash of money, like the cash my mother kept hidden in the slit of her mattress. The last is several drops of cayenne pepper, always at the ready. Sprinkle that on your food before you eat it and it鈥檒l kill any lurking bacteria. The powder does the trick as well, but I prefer the liquid because it hits the bloodstream quickly. Particularly when eating out, I won鈥檛 touch a morsel to my lips 鈥榯il it鈥檚 speckled with with cayenne. That鈥檚 just one way I take care of my temple, aside from preparing my daily greens, certain other habits have carried me toward the century mark.

First thing I do every morning is drink four glasses of water. People think this water business is a joke. But I鈥檓 here to tell you that it鈥檚 not. I鈥檝e known two elderly people who died of dehydration, one of whom fell from his bed in the middle of the night and couldn鈥檛 stand up because he was so parched.

Following my water, I drink 8 ounces of fresh celery blended in my Vita-mix. The juice cleanses the system and reduces inflammation. My biggest meal is my first one: oatmeal. I soak my oats overnight so that when I get up all I have to do is turn on the burner. Sometimes I enjoy them with warm almond milk, other times I add grated almonds and berries, put the mixture in my tumbler and shake it until it鈥檚 so smooth I can drink it. In any form, oats do the heart good.

Throughout the day I eat sweet potatoes, which are filled with fiber, beets sprinkled with a little olive oil, and vegetables of every variety. I also still enjoy plenty of salad, though I stopped adding so many carrots 鈥� too much sugar. But I will do celery, cucumbers, seaweed grass and other greens. God鈥檚 fresh bounty doesn鈥檛 need a lot of dressing up, which is why I generally eat my salad plain. From time to time I do drizzle it with garlic oil. I love the taste.

I also love lychee nuts. I put them in the freezer so that when I bite into them cold juice comes flooding out. As terrific as they are, I buy them only once in awhile. I recently bit into an especially sweet one, and then I stuck it right back in the freezer. 鈥淣ot today, Suzie,鈥� I said to myself, 鈥渇ull of glucose!鈥�

I try never to eat late, and certainly not after nine p.m. Our organs need a chance to rest. And before bed, of course, I have a final glass of water. I don鈥檛 mess around with my hydration.”
― Cicely Tyson, Just as I Am

“Drowning: When the water drinks the person or animal.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“The eight-a-day recommendation can be traced back to a 1921 paper in which the author measured his own urine and sweat output and determined he lost about 3 percent of his body weight in water a day, which comes out to about eight cups. Consequently, for the longest time, water requirement guidelines for humanity were based on just one person鈥檚 urine and sweat measurements.”
― Michael Greger, How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

“I took a bottle of water out of the fridge and popped the cap off to show my commitment to hydration.”
― Deborah Harkness, The Book of Life

“The most painful thing about having your loved one killed by water is that you still need their killer to survive.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Granted it's just a guess at age 63, but I feel 'longevity' comes from: sleep, hydration, exercise, and to never stop dreaming.”
― Garry Fitchett

“Optimal hydration is part of the treatment for COVID-19.”
― Steven Magee, COVID Supplements

“Optimal hydration is needed when recovering from Long COVID.”
― Steven Magee, Long COVID Supplements