On November 29, Emma Morano from Vercelli, Italy, celebrated her 117th birthday. Emma is officially the oldest person living on earth and the last living person born in the 19th century. Emma was born in 1899. It's hard to imagine, but she was already 14 years old when the First World War, and 28 when television was invented.

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Emma's long life can hardly be called easy and cloudless. In her youth, she was betrothed, but her fiancé was called to the front during the First World War. Since then, she never saw him again and considered him dead. In 1926, Emma married another man and subsequently gave birth to a child who tragically died at the age of only 6 months. Emma confesses that her husband blackmailed her and threatened to kill her. However, after the death of her son in 1938, she still decided to leave him and never married again.

The birthday girl has not left her apartment for many years, where she receives round-the-clock care.

Emma does not hide the secret of her longevity - for 90 years she has adhered to a very peculiar diet: three eggs a day (two raw and one cooked), fresh Italian pasta and raw meat. And now the diet of the centenarian has been completely reduced to the very minimum: “I eat two eggs a day. It's all. Although no, more cookies ... But only a little, because I have no teeth, ”says Emma. So if suddenly you need an extra reason not to deny yourself your favorite cookie - now you have it!

Emma Morano (Emma Martina Luigia Morano).

In April of this year, having lived 117 years and 137 days, the oldest woman in the world, Emma Morano, died. She was the last person on earth who was born in the century before last - in 1899. "My god, I'm so old I feel like I'm the same age as the hills around me," Emma said as she was awarded the Guinness World Record for the oldest person.

Emma's birthday cake.

The Guinness Book of Records award Emma Morano (Emma Martina Luigia Morano) received in May last year after the death of Suzanne Mushatt Jones, the previous centenarian who held this record. November 29, 2016 Emma turned 117 years old, and this event was widely covered in the world press. Then Emma was asked the secret of her longevity. The Italian admitted that the whole trick is in her special diet: for almost all her life, Emma certainly ate three eggs every day (two raw, one boiled) and a dish of raw meat. But by old age, some changes had to be made to this diet - of course, the years are not the same. So for the past ten years, Emma has allowed herself only two eggs and a few cookies a day.


Emma Morano lived to be 117 years old.

Emma Morano, the last person to live three centuries at once.

Perhaps the secret was indeed in raw chicken eggs - Emma has been eating them since the age of 20, when she was diagnosed with anemia - but genetics cannot be ignored either. Emma was the oldest child in the family and outlived all her seven sisters and brothers. Her mother lived to the age of 91, and several of her sisters lived to be over a hundred years old.


Emma considered her special diet to be the secret of her longevity.

"She didn't suffer," said Dr. Carlo Bava, who guided Emma last years. He said that the 117-year-old Italian died quietly, calmly, sitting in her rocking chair at home. “I am glad that she did not suffer, but left us just like that, calmly,” he said.


Emma Morano has lived most of her life in northern Italy.

Emma Morano at home.

Last person born in the 19th century.

Now the title of the oldest person on earth has passed to Violetta Brown from Jamaica. She also turned 117 last month, but it was Emma who was the last person who caught three centuries at once.

If you ask ten people what country in Europe they would like to live in, at least two of them will choose Italy. And this is not surprising: the mild climate and pleasant atmosphere prevailing in every corner of the country attracts many. It seems that in Italy it is impossible not to enjoy life. And its average duration among Italians (it is 83 years old) is a direct proof of this.

The President of the Republic personally congratulated her on her birthday Giorgio Napolitano. The politician conveyed to her the best wishes from all Italians. And last year, the old woman was awarded the Order of Merit for the Republic.

At his age, the oldest person in the world feels great. She is able to cook her own meals, and generally takes care of herself, despite the fact that neighbors and relatives regularly visit her and offer help with the housework.

Emma was very surprised when journalists came to congratulate her on her holiday in November. For a long time she could not believe that she was the most adult Italian. Her age does not surprise Emma in the least. There were many long-livers in her family. So, the late aunt of the old woman lived to be 101 years old, and her mother and sisters successfully overcame the 90-year mark.

Emma has worked all her life as a spinner in a garment factory. She retired almost 40 years ago. The main grandmother of Europe claims that her diet has practically not changed all her life.

Her modest breakfast includes cookies and water, she dine on pasta and has a glass of milk before bed. The only secret to her nutrition is raw eggs, which Emma has been eating every day for almost a hundred years..

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Morano was born November 29, 1899 in the town of Civiasco, but after some time her family was forced to move to Ossola. Now my grandmother lives in the town of Verbania, which is located near the amazing beauty of the lake (Lago Maggiore). The war took the life of Emma's first fiancé. She married only in 1926, and already in 1937 she gave birth to a boy who died six months later. The old woman never had more children, but her relationship with her husband deteriorated greatly. After numerous beatings and bullying, Morano decided to get a divorce and left her husband.

In addition to Emma Morano, several centenarians also live in Italy, whose age exceeds one hundred years. Researchers claim that there are about a million grandparents in the country who have celebrated their 85th birthday.

One family from Italy even got into the Guinness Book of Records: the total age of all clan members is 819 years!

The oldest representative is 105 years old, and her brothers and sisters are from 80 to 99. Italian centenarians are happy to share the secret of their venerable age: they go in for sports, travel and bring up numerous grandchildren with might and main.

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November 29, 2016 Emma Morano (Emma Morano) from Vercelli, Italy, celebrated her 117th birthday. Emma is the oldest living person and the last person born in the 19th century.

Incredibly, when the First World War began, Emma was already 14 years old, and 28 when television was invented.

Her long life was not cloudless. In her youth, she was engaged, but her fiancé was called to the front during the First World War and she never saw him again.

In 1926, Emma married another man and gave birth to a child who died at only six months of age. The marriage was extremely unsuccessful - Emma recalls that her husband even threatened to kill her. After the death of her son in 1938, she expelled her husband and never remarried.

Diet from Emma Morano: two eggs and a cookie

Emma is constantly asked about the secrets of longevity. In 2011, she took part in the world study of centenarians, which was conducted by George Church (George Church) from Harvard Medical School in Boston. The genes of the Italian are excellent - in her family, many lived to be 90 years old. But Emma's diet baffles supporters healthy eating, a sober lifestyle and, especially, vegetarianism.

On the advice of doctors, for many years Emma ate three eggs a day - raw or soft-boiled from various sources. The doctor gave this advice when she was only twenty, that is, 97 years ago - and she followed it impeccably all her life. But she never took drugs - she allowed the body to cope with diseases.

Emma also ate meat daily, and often allowed herself a chocolate bar and a glass of brandy. Now, of course, the diet of the centenarian has changed, or rather, it has been reduced to a minimum:

“I eat two eggs a day. It's all. But no, more cookies... But only a little, because I have no teeth,” says Emma.

But, above all, Emma is an optimist, and no amount of trials could change that. She has no doubt that it was this that extended her life ... Well, and also the fact that she was not married for long.