Maria Branyas Morara had to live for 117 years and another 168 days before falling asleep as the world’s oldest person in August last year.
Since then, researchers from Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute in Spain have devoted herself to investigating what was behind that she reached such a high age.
In a yet -published study as the newspaper Illustrated science Referring to the researchers highlights her Mediterranean food, which limits the intake of red meat, sugar, salt and alcohol.
Enjoyed eating yogurt
Furthermore, she remained active in both physical and social.
Her healthy composition of microorganisms in the gut believes doctors is because she liked eating yogurt.
The researchers also point out that through life she was lucky with good genes with strong immune systems and lower risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer.
Maria Branyas Morara was born in San Francisco in the United States in 1907 but moved back to Spain with her Catalan family in 1915.
She had three children and eleven grandchildren before she died in Olot in northern Catalonia on August 19, 2024.