Posted on 11/28/2016 5:25:59 PM PST by SMGFan
Rome (AFP) - An alert and chatty Italian woman, Emma Morano, on Tuesday celebrates her 117th birthday as the last known person alive who was born in the 19th century. Born November 29, 1899, she is the world's oldest living person and the secret to her longevity appears to lie in eschewing usual medical wisdom. "I eat two eggs a day, and that's it. And cookies. But I do not eat much because I have no teeth," she told AFP in an interview last month in her room in Verbania, a town in northern Italy on Lake Maggiore.
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See, if you never cross the Clintons, things can work out very well for you.
With 3D printing or organs, and gene therapy, I would not be shocked if an 18 year old would not as healthy when they are 102 as they are today.
Get rid of 0-care and the dictators that want to run medical care and that can be a real possibility.
My Grandparents were all born in the 1800s. I remember all of them well except my Maternal Grandmother who died when I was 3.
They grew up in a time before there were automobiles, airplanes. Electricity was known but not available anywhere except maybe New York City.
Before they died, they saw jet airplanes, computers, television everywhere and so on. They were around during earthshaking times. WWI, WWII, Communism, atomic warfare. My Grandpa McDuffie who I remember well was born the year the War Between the States ended.
Two eggs are calorie restriction diet, which is very effective for longevity.
99 is good enough. After that everything goes down hill.
The Nineteenth Century ended at the end of December 31, 1900.
The headline is correct, but the story gets it wrong.
Oh my, someone who was around when the Cubs last won a World Series prior to this year. Actually, I take pride in that I got to grow up with three nineteenth century born relatives during my childhood, two of whom I knew quite very well.
The headline is correct, but the story gets it wrong.
You're right so many people get it wrong. I remember back in late 1999 trying to convince my coworkers that the 21st Century wouldn't begin until January 1, 2001. I even showed them an original front page newspaper that I have from January 1, 1901 that had a headline that read "Welcome to the 20th Century." Did no good.
I had a great-great grandmother who was born in 1849 in the days of Upper Canada (she was from King County, north of Toronto) and she lived until 1947. Her husband (my great-great grandfather) drowned in Lake Huron in 1895. But she would have lived through the US Civil War, Canadian Confederation, the building of the Canadian Pacific railway, the Boer War, and both World Wars.
My mom died a few months before she was 103. Her cousin died a few years later at 109. They both remembered the first car, airplane, etc. my mom remembered going to church with her dad to pray for survivors of the Titanic. They both went from horse and wagon or buggy to man on the moon. They are missed.
it wont be affordable for the average person for a long time. people cant even afford basic healthcare.
energy devices for healing are right now thenway togo . cold laser therapy and pulsed emf therapy. stimulates the body to heal itself. excellent technologies.
I pretty greedy in that I hope it’s ready by the time I’m 80.
41 years is a good cushion.
yeah but if it still has you looking like 80, even though youre better inside, thats gonna suck....
My paternal grandparents lived to near 90. They lived on
what they called “slow time” & did not get all into doing
the time change thing twice a year. (They kept a clock set
for time changes in case they had an appointment.) They
had chickens for eggs, ate simple mostly vegetables and did
not live a fast life. Went to bed pretty early and lived a
simple life. Had a fairly large family & faced reality.
Only had radio for years. Grandmother didn’t have tv until
we bought her one much later in life. They always had a
phone, but used sparingly. We live too fast these days.
I remember explaining to someone that the 21st century would begin on January 1st 2001, and his reaction was, “Then that Y2K problem won’t hit until 2001, right?”
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