[quote]The world's oldest person has died in Italy at the age of 117, reports say.
Emma Morano was born on 29 November 1899 in the Piedmont region of Italy. She was officially the last person born in the 1800s still living.
She had attributed her longevity to her genetics and a diet of three eggs a day, [b]two of them raw[/b], for 90 years.[/quote]
BBC: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39610937[/url]
Some different news for today. I didn't even realise we still had anyone from the 19th Century still alive, pretty incredible life.
Why had I already figured by the name it would be an Italian with a particular diet?
Surprised to hear she recommends eggs though, I thought olives were more commonly attributed to long-term health benefits?
Either way that's a huge shame and I'm sorry to hear of the loss.
[QUOTE=Xanadu;52108867]Why had I already figured by the name it would be an Italian with a particular diet?[/QUOTE]
because its an italian name and these really old people all have a particular diet
Was this the oldest recorded person, or was there someone in history that lived more than her?
[QUOTE=Ctrl;52108873]Was this the oldest recorded person, or was there someone in history that lived more than her?[/QUOTE]
This was the oldest currently living person, who just happened to have also be the last living person from the 19th Century.
The oldest recorded person ever was [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment"]Jeanne Calment[/URL]
She had the same birthday as me, cool.
I honestly wonder what life is like when you're literally more than 100 years old. I imagine you wouldn't be able to move around a whole bunch.
[QUOTE=Samiam22;52108915]I honestly wonder what life is like when you're literally more than 100 years old. I imagine you wouldn't be able to move around a whole bunch.[/QUOTE]
I assume you've lived such a long life that you're not really in a rush to go anywhere, so even though you might be slow as hell with your movements, you have the time and patience and aren't too bothered by it.
[QUOTE=Samiam22;52108915]I honestly wonder what life is like when you're literally more than 100 years old. I imagine you wouldn't be able to move around a whole bunch.[/QUOTE]
I knew a 104 year old who jogged every morning and worked on his truck by himself. Some people just stay spry their whole lives.
[QUOTE=icemaz;52108879]This was the oldest currently living person, who just happened to have also be the last living person from the 19th Century.
The oldest recorded person ever was [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanne_Calment"]Jeanne Calment[/URL][/QUOTE]
[quote]
Daily routine at ages 111-114
After her admission to the care home Maison du Lac [House on the Lake] in January 1985 at the age of 110, she initially had a highly ritualized daily routine whereby, uniquely among the care home residents, she requested to be woken at 6.45 am and started the day with a long prayer at her window thanking God for being alive and for the beautiful day which was starting, sometimes loudly asking the reason for her longevity and why she was the only one alive in her family. Seated on her armchair she did gymnastics wearing her stereo headset. Her exercises included flexing and extending the hands ("a distinguished woman must have beautiful hands"), then the legs, and her carers noted that she moved faster than the other residents, who were 30 years younger, despite her blindness.
Her breakfast consisted of coffee with milk, and rusks. Her morning toilet included washing herself unassisted with a flannel rather than taking a shower ("an odd invention"), and applying first soap, then olive oil and powder to her face. She washed her own glass and cutlery before proceeding to lunch. She enjoyed daube (braised beef) but was not keen on boiled fish. After the meal she smoked a Dunhill cigarette (formerly a cigar, a habit she had acquired from her husband) and drank a drop of Port wine. She enjoyed chocolate (and at the age of 112 received a delivery of 800 kilogrammes after challenging a TV presenter - this was then distributed to care homes), and made herself daily a fruit salad based on banana slices and squeezed orange. In the afternoon she would take a siesta for two hours in her armchair, and then visit her neighbours in the care home, telling them about the latest news she had heard on the radio. At nightfall she would dine quickly, return to her room, listen to music (her eyesight now being too poor for her favorite pastime of crosswords), smoke a last cigarette and go to bed at 10pm.[/quote]
What a trooper, and still smoking at that age is crazyness!
My great-great-grandmother lived to be 103 and still smoked and drank as well.
Rock on you crazy party ladies.
wow, that's pretty cool
It's amazing to think of the things she must have seen and witnessed over her life-span. People that live that long can truly attest to any progress civilization has made in that time.
It's kind of amazing when you really think about it. This woman lived through WWI, the Great Depression, WWII, The Cold War, and every other single major even that happened within the last century + 17 years. It really makes you wonder what kind of events you'll experience in your lifetime...
Maybe I just have my priorites wrong but I'd rather die today than live forever off raw fucking eggs.
[quote]She had been in love with a boy who was killed during World War One, and had no interest in marrying someone else.[/quote]
Wow, imagine having your crush die in a war and then just getting so bummed out you'll never like someone else like that.
Shit must've sucked.
now there is no more human memory of the 19th century, not that she had much, but still.
[QUOTE=TornadoAP;52109126]It really makes you wonder what kind of events you'll experience in your lifetime...[/QUOTE]
Being on facepunch for a 3rd of my lifetime woooo
[QUOTE=Glitchman;52109304]Being on facepunch for a 3rd of my lifetime woooo[/QUOTE]
Hey, at least you wont be like the rust users, who have been here for their whole lifetimes
[QUOTE=Samiam22;52108915]I honestly wonder what life is like when you're literally more than 100 years old. I imagine you wouldn't be able to move around a whole bunch.[/QUOTE]
Not all old people are like that, some of them have an astounding amount of autonomy - both phisically and mentally speaking
[QUOTE=NitronikALT;52109354]Not all old people are like that, some of them have an astounding amount of autonomy - both phisically and mentally speaking[/QUOTE]
This massively, I know a guy who works in one of our shopping centre markets and he's 97, but physically looks like he's in his 60s and he cycles [I]everywhere.[/I] I come across him a lot on my routes, hes so laid back and happy go lucky it's amazing that I've pretty much said to myself that keeping a massively positive mental state does amazing things to your health.
Make the most out of each day you have, even if its shit look at it positively, theres always something good to think about.
My next door neighbour in my block of flats is 101. It's pretty amazing.
She's lived in the apartment since they were built in the late 50's. And even when she moved in, she would have been in late middle age.
My great grandmother died at the age of 107. Spent last 20 years in bed and outlived all of her children except the youngest daughter.
[QUOTE=Arc Nova;52108950]What a trooper, and still smoking at that age is crazyness!
My great-great-grandmother lived to be 103 and still smoked and drank as well.
Rock on you crazy party ladies.[/QUOTE]
As with anything, taking most things in moderation won't hurt your health. She had a singular cig a day, sometimes didn't have one on some days.
Also, all the oldest people in the world have super peculiar diets and lifestyles. My biggest guess would be that their bodies get used and are almost molded to their routines.
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I wonder when we'll hear about one of these extremely old people eating McDonalds regularly, because whenever I drive by the one near my house I see old people there all the time. Like, really old people. It's strange.
[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;52109693]As with anything, taking most things in moderation won't hurt your health. She had a singular cig a day, sometimes didn't have one on some days.
Also, all the oldest people in the world have super peculiar diets and lifestyles. My biggest guess would be that their bodies get used and are almost molded to their routines.
[editline]15th April 2017[/editline]
I wonder when we'll hear about one of these extremely old people eating McDonalds regularly, because whenever I drive by the one near my house I see old people there all the time. Like, really old people. It's strange.[/QUOTE]
Yeah everybody's different for sure. Jeanne Clement's wiki article states that she smoked from the age of 21 to 117, switching from cigars to no more than two cigarettes a day. In my great-great grandmothers case she smoked and drank pretty heavily everyday but still managed to live a healthy life up until 103.
Maybe the liquor and cigarettes helped preserve her :v:
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Speaking of diets; I read this article from NatGeo one day talking about how we should be eating the diets our ancestors ate if we want to live healthier lives. In the article they explain how people moving from countries in Asia to America see an increase in cancer due to the radically different diets and their bodies just simply aren't used to the new types of food.
[url]http://www.nationalgeographic.com/foodfeatures/evolution-of-diet/[/url]
Isn't that what the paleo diet is? eating like cavemen or something?
I feel like we should look more into [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbah_Gotho]this guy[/url]. Too bad the Guinness World Records thinks it's fake despite the confirmation from Indonesian authorities.
Reminds me of my step-grandfather who passed away this year at he age of 103. I have an old video of him.
[QUOTE=Nautsabes;52109782]Isn't that what the paleo diet is? eating like cavemen or something?[/QUOTE]
It's more about eating specifically what people from your region ate for years upon years, doesn't have to be cavemen stuff.
People from all different cultures have eaten their own specific diets, but now in today's world we have food from each and every country at our disposal.
It's a really interesting read from National Geographic though, I'd recommend reading it because I'm not going to be able to explain it nearly as well.
I think people was waaay less obese in the past centuries because work had a huge physical component and food wasnt so abundant like now. You couldnt stop and eat something all the time. In fact the rich people were the ones having issues with eating an unbalanced diet (glut, for example).
Plus food wasnt ultra mega salty or full of chemicals (proccessed food). You bought stuff from the market and cooked it yourself or your wife so that also added to the "healthy" factor.
[QUOTE=TheDrunkenOne;52109786]I feel like we should look more into [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mbah_Gotho]this guy[/url]. Too bad the Guinness World Records thinks it's fake despite the confirmation from Indonesian authorities.[/QUOTE]
there simply isnt enough proof that he is the age he says he is
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