Posted on 10/30/2016 4:48:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The world’s oldest woman has cracked the secret to her longevity: eggs.
Emma Morano, who will turn 117 on November 27, gobbles up at least two eggs a day, and has done so for 90 years — for an egg-streme lifetime total she says is over 100,000.
Born in 1899, Morano, of Verbania, Italy began eating eggs religiously when she was 20 years old, after a doctor diagnosed her with anemia and told her to consume two raw eggs and a cooked one each day.
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What a life she lived.
Hopefully we will live to tell our great-great grandchildren that we saw Hillary go to prison!
As someone with health issues I have a hard time keeping my protein levels up (once a month blood tests). Eggs are the easiest way to add protein to your diet, and easy to cook. I hate cooking. :-)
...began eating eggs religiously when she was 20 years old
... and has done so for 90 years
Makes sense. 90 + 20 = 117 year old.
Good cholesterol is your friend.
Why not, makes a dogs coat shinier!
There is a hen cam. They are not only happy but very interesting. They are free range. Notice I did not say cage free.
I thought the government said eggs are bad for you.
I knew what you meant. It is amazing.
She’s got good genes and extra long telomeres.
That’s about all there is to it.
117 years old...wow..not sure if I want to be around for my 117th birthday....
“——wow..not sure if I want to be around for my 117th birthday....”
I know I don’t want to be.
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You'll feel differently when you get to 116.
**** “117 years old...wow..not sure if I want to be around for my 117th birthday....” ****
Me either, I heard that they take your drivers license and I’d be too old to walk to the store
“I am the egg-man....”
Is that you, Elwood?
I don’t know if she ate lots of eggs but I do!
I had fried eggs the morning that Donald Trump was elected president.
Hubby and I each eat two eggs a day. I don’t want to live to 117, though.
Why not?
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