Genetics
And there’s genetics. “We do know that the ability to make it to 110 is heritable, so you have a large increase in chance if you have several people in your family to live to a late age,” Dr. Longo said.
One of Ms. Morano’s sisters died just short of 100; another lived to 102.
Food
3 eggs a day.
Ms. Morano has no doubts about how she made it this long: Her elixir for longevity consists of raw eggs, which she has been eating — three per day — since her teens when a doctor recommended them to counter anemia. Assuming she has been true to her word, Ms. Morano would have consumed around 100,000 eggs in her lifetime, give or take a thousand.
The day’s meals, which consist of the aforementioned
eggs, now down to two a day,
ground meat,
soupy pasta and
a banana.
drank a glass of homemade grappa
enjoyed a chocolate sometimes
She also likes a bananas, ladyfingers, and brandy. (https://www.bonappetit.com/story/oldest-person-in-world-food)
In 2013, when asked about the secret of her longevity, she said that she ate three eggs a day, drank a glass of homemade grappa, and enjoyed a chocolate sometimes, but, above all, she thought positively about the future. She was still living alone in her home on her 115th birthday. In 2016 she credited her long life to her diet of raw eggs and cookies, and to staying single.
Gerontologists agree that there is no one key to longevity. “You talk to 100 centenarians, you get 100 different stories,” said Valter D. Longo, the director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California, whose studies suggest that diet is an important factor in living longer.
Good air
“The doctor told me to change air,” she said, “and I’m still here.”
While still a girl she moved with her family to Villadossola, once an important iron and steel company town. The climate — humid and cold winters — was not congenial to her constitution, so a doctor suggested she move to the nearby environs of Lake Maggiore, which straddles Italy and Switzerland. She chose Verbania, a pretty lakeshore town with a milder climate.
My Note: Villadossola - is surrounded by huge mountains on all sides. The air must be stuck and humid.
Verbania - relatively better quality air.
Water
Is there change in water between Villadossola and Verbania? Possible, since Verbania is on a lake, the lake gets it's water from the alps.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/world/raw-eggs-and-no-husband-since-38-keep-her-young-at-115.html?_r=2
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39610937
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Morano
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