End of an Era: The 1800's

[NanuqoftheNorth]

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, two of them raw.

Ms Morano was the oldest of eight siblings, all of whom she has outlived. She died at her home in the northern city of Verbania.

Her life not only spanned three centuries but also survived an abusive marriage, the loss of her only son, two World Wars and more than 90 Italian governments.

'Good genes and eggs'

Ms Morano had admitted that her longevity was partly down to genetics: her mother reached 91 and several sisters reached their centenary.

But it was also down to a rather unusual diet of three eggs - two raw - each day for more than 90 years.

It was a regime she took up as a young woman, after the doctor diagnosed her with anaemia shortly after World War One.

She had cut down to just two eggs a day, and a few biscuits recently.

Her doctor of 27 years, Carlo Bava, had told AFP news agency that she rarely ate vegetables or fruit.

"When I met her, she ate three eggs per day, two raw in the morning and then an omelette at noon, and chicken at dinner."

Read more here:  http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39610937

[cookinbrak]

Eggs are da debil.

I eat them at least thrice a week, tho.

[frash.exe]

she can't remember the 1800s. i was born three months before the 80s ended and i have no recollection of the 80s except for everybody fixating on the 80s in the 2000s

[cookinwithgas]

I hate eggs, always have, so I guess you wont have me to laugh at around here much longer.

[NanuqoftheNorth]

22 minutes ago, frash.exe said:

she can't remember the 1800s. i was born three months before the 80s ended and i have no recollection of the 80s except for everybody fixating on the 80s in the 2000s

So if you can't remember something it didn't happen?

[Squirrel]

I thought being a vegan was the only way to live a long life?  

[NanuqoftheNorth]

1 hour ago, Squirrel said:

I thought being a vegan was the only way to live a long life?  

Only if you want to live longer than 117.

[imminent rogaine]

My grandmother is 103 and lives by herself. Every morning starts with eggs and bacon and I don't think she's had water to drink her entire life.

[hepcat]

Every 100+ person always has some cockamamy reason they lived so long. The real answer is luck and genetics. 

[iamcline]

47 minutes ago, hepcat said:

Every 100+ person always has some cockamamy reason they lived so long. The real answer is luck and genetics. 

Lots of them claim bacon was the key. I'd tend to believe them.