It may not be the fountain of youth, but it could keep you from death's door—pretty much indefinitely.
Anacin maker Insight Pharmaceuticals sprang into action this week upon
hearing that the newly minted world's oldest man, Salustiano "Shorty"
Sanchez-Blazquez, credited his longevity to a daily dose of six Anacin tablets and one banana. The
obvious next step? Investigating whether "Bananacin," a banana-flavored
Anacin tablet, might be the most powerful elixir for longevity.
"Historically, apples are the fruit most associated with staying healthy
and avoiding doctors. Our scientists had never looked into the banana
before," Jennifer Moyer, vp of marketing for Insight Pharmaceuticals,
says in a tongue-in-cheek press release. "But now that the certified
oldest man in the world credits bananas and Anacin as his life-extending
combo, we're certainly going to explore whether a new Bananacin product
makes sense."
They will do no such thing, of course, but you can't fault them for
seizing the opportunity here. "If nothing else, Bananacin sounds
delicious!" Moyer gushed. "And it only makes sense that the oldest man
in the world recognizes the benefits of Anacin, which is one of the
oldest brand pain relievers in the U.S."
Sanchez-Blazquez, a 112-year-old who lives in Grand Island, N.Y.,
outside Buffalo, was born in 1901 and is now officially recognized by
the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest man—following the death
of Japan's Jiroemon Kimura at age 116 in June.
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