Clean Living a Mantra For Beach Boys duo

He meditates every day and keeps trim at age 69 by watching his diet carefully.

But the Beach Boys' Mike Love has one adolescent weakness: milk shakes.

"I will succumb to an ice-cream shake," he said. "A Cold Stone Creamery coffee shake. I have a hard time passing that up."

Love is a founding member of the Beach Boys, and the only original still touring under the band's name.

But he's just as famous for his adherence to Transcendental Meditation, or TM, the late-1960s pop craze that drew fellow musicians the Beatles and many others to the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India in 1967 and 1968.

Unlike many who merely experimented with the technique, then abandoned it, Love kept it up through the years and today spends up to an hour at a time in deep meditation.

"It has many practical uses," he said. "But for me, it helps get rid of stress and I get an even deeper rest than a deep sleep."

Along with his decision to give up smoking and alcohol years ago, Love also cut out most offending foods, such as red meats and poultry.

"I'm 90 per cent vegetarian." (MORE)

Soutce: Times Columnist