Huey was told that eating lots and lots of dried apricots would add decades to one's life span. Dewey was told that drinking super strong tea would »paralyze« the aging process. Louie was told to eat unhulled rice. Donald was told a dozen other »infallible« recipes. Uncle Scrooge could do no less than try all of the ideas. At the Vale's supermarket he stocked up on every substance that might contain preservative elixirs.