While a 119-year-old Japanese woman has just died, a Frenchwoman takes the place of dean of humanity at 118 years old.
But how do some manage to live past 100? Perhaps Sister André, born Lucile Randon on February 11, 1904 in Alès, has the answer? The Frenchwoman, who currently lives in a nursing home in Toulon, succeeds the Japanese Kane Tanaka as dean of humanity.
We don’t know much about Madame Tanaka’s secrets of longevity: she had 4 biological children and an adopted child, she used to get up at 6 a.m. and study mathematics or calligraphy in the afternoon. … She loved board games.
An ultra healthy and “minimalist” lifestyle
On the side of Sister André, a hypothesis is formulated by the sociologist Isabelle Jonveaux, interviewed by Life : “religious people live longer than the average population”. This is explained by a lifestyle based on regularityon minimalism, on a slower pace, with a balanced and healthy diet.
Embracing the nun’s life could also limit stress on the integrated lifestyle of the population, although this tends to be less true today, believes the sociologist, referring to religious communities where members have to work more . But when asked about the reasons why she is still alive at 118, she mainly replies that it is because God has forgotten her.
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