The oldest person on earth is Misao Okawa. An elderly woman lives in Japan, in the city of Osaka. She is 116 years old. Longevity is looked after in a nursing home.
Misao Biography
Okawa was born in the Japanese village of Tenma on March 5, 1898. Her parents were engaged in the production of kimonos. At the age of 21, Misao-san married young Yukio. They had their own business in the city of Kobe. Three children were born in the family - the son of Hiroshi and two daughters. It is worth noting that one of the daughters and son, as of 2014, are alive and are over the age of 90 years. Also, the Japanese centenarians have 4 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.
Misao's husband died at the age of 36, and she returned from Koba to her homeland, Osaka, where she now resides in a nursing home. The status of the oldest woman in the world was received on January 12, 2013, after the death of Koto Okubo, who was also a citizen of the Land of the Rising Sun. And on June 12, 2013, Misao-san became the oldest inhabitant of the planet. On this day, Jiroemon Kimura died, before that bearing the title of the oldest person among the living centenarians. He also resided in Japan.
The secret of longevity of Japanese centenarians
The main factors of Misao Okawa's longevity are secrets that have long been revealed: giving up alcohol and smoking, physical activity and lack of obesity. The woman tried not to take harmful dietary supplements, rationally ate and limited fried, fatty and salty foods in food. After 30 years, she halved the amount of food she consumed. And after 50 years, she made the choice in favor of plant foods, completely abandoning food of animal origin.
Misao in her youth was actively engaged in mountain tourism. I managed to conquer several mountain peaks. She was also fond of marathon running. In addition, the elderly woman strictly observed the daily routine. She divided her day into three parts of eight hours. She devoted the first part to work, the second to necessary matters and unloading from psychological stress, and allotted the remaining 8 hours to sleep.
Misao survived two World Wars, global computerization, the discovery of the atomic bomb, manned space flight and the development of transport. It was before her eyes that the world made the biggest leap in its development.
