World Oldest Woman Says the Secret to a Long Life Is Staying Single and Eating Eggs [Video]

Emma Morano, who is currently the world’s oldest woman, will celebrate her 117th birthday in November. Speaking to Agence France-Presse, she revealed the diet that has, perhaps, kept her thriving for more than a century.

“I eat two eggs a day and that’s it,” she said in a video interview. “I eat cookies. I don’t eat much because I have no teeth.”

Earlier this year, Morano specified that she eats two raw eggs everyday, a practice that she took up as a young woman to combat anemia. Morano has also credited her old age to her many years as a single lady. She ended a difficult marriage in 1938, and has had plenty of suitors since then.

But she never settled down with a second husband. “I didn’t want to be dominated by anyone,” she told The New York Times.

Morano’s doctor, Carlo Bava seemed a little flummoxed by his patient’s resilience. “We’re all thinking that Emma is eternal, because despite everything she always recovers,” he said, “and quite easily, I might add, including when she was quite unwell. But when she is well, she really is well.”

Watch the full interview with Morano below

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