The Joy of Pickling

I just got the book The Joy of Pickling, and found an interesting quote.  Are pickles a key to longevity?

"Susie Potts Gibson died in 2006 at the age of 115.  Born in Mississippi, she had lived in the same house in Alabama for 80 years.  When she died, her daughter told National Public Radio her mother's three secrets to longevity: pickles, vinegar and avoidance of medicine.  Susie lived for her pickles, her daughter said, and she had vinegar on everything.  She drank pickle juice, soaked her feet in it, and put it on any part of her body that hurt"

As a matter of fact just the other day a friend of mine told me that she ate one of my pickles when she was hungover and it made her feel better.

Just a little something to keep in mind :)