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117-Year-Old Woman’s Diet Could Help Us All Live Longer

From Science Alert When María Branyas Morera died in 2024 at the age of 117, she left more than memories. She left science a gift: samples of her microbiome. Researchers discovered her gut was as diverse as someone decades younger: rich in beneficial bacteria linked to resilience and longevity. Her daily yoghurt habit and Mediterranean diet may have helped. While we can’t all inherit “lucky genes”, nurturing our microbiome may be one way to supp…
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A group of researchers carried out a study of the body of Maria Branyas , of Catalan origin, who was one of the oldest women in the world, when she died at 117 years of age in 2024. The scientific analysis wanted to find the clues of human longevity. The woman had obtained a recognition of the Guinness World Records, who established that the woman reached the age of 17 years and 168 days, when she died on 20 August 2024. She was born on 4 March …

María Branyas Morera is the record holder of longevity. The Spanish woman became 117 years old. Now she has passed away recently. But not without revealing her life secrets. 117 years – that's how long María Branyas Morera lived. She survived two world wars, the Spanish flu, the Spanish Civil War and finally the Corona pandemic. Thus, according to the Guinness Book of Records, she was the oldest living person. On August 19, 2024, she died in her…

For years, science has been trying to uncover the secret to longevity: is it genes, lifestyle, or perhaps something more hidden within the human body? Recent studies of people who have lived to exceptionally old age point to one of the least obvious factors: the microorganisms that inhabit the gut.

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