[Brian Griffin]

My uncle is over 100 years of age and is still mentally sharp.

He eats a healthy diet, but he also has a very low body temperature, which may be important.

[Karoo]

I heard that the elderly run lower temps than younger folk. I can’t remember the source, however.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

He eats a healthy diet, but he also has a very low body temperature, which may be important.

Low body temp may be from a lack of inflammation.

In fact the 98.6 that we call normal was worked out over 100 years ago and may have been miscalculated because so many people had low grade infections, parasites and other causes of inflammation.