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In the Andes Mountains of Peru, living in extreme poverty, Filomena Taipe Mendoza, 116 years old, is in the running to become the world's oldest living person.
If her claim proves to be true, it would make her three months older than Misao Okawa of Japan, who currently holds the record for the oldest living person according to Guinness World Records and the Gerontology Research Group.
Image Source: AFP
Mrs. Mendoza lives in the tiny village of Huancavelica, one of the poorest cities in Peru. Her age was reportedly discovered when she left her village to pick up a new type of retirement check for seniors living in poverty. BBC News reports that Peru's National Identity Register claims that her ID card indicates that she was born on December 20, 1897.
"I am not of the past century, young man, but the other one... I am very old," she told an official accompanying her to cash her first check according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Eat From the Garden, Don't Eat Processed Food
What is Filomena Taipe Mendoza's secret to such a long life? According to BBC News, she attributes it to the following:
- Eating a natural diet of potatoes, goat meat, sheep's milk, goat cheese and beans
- Cooking only items she grows from her own garden
- Never eating processed foods
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adoree-durayappah-mapp-mba/healthy-living-news_b_5301711.html
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