i have always been fascinated with old age and the mental process that old age brings.
Jiroemon Kimura (Japan, b. 19 April 1897) was the last man to hold the record in 2012.
His personal motto was "eat light to live long" and believed it was the key to his longevity.
Before Kane, the oldest living person (female) was fellow Japanese woman Chiyo Miyako (b. 2 May 1901), who was 117 years and 81 days old, as verified on 22 July 2018.
Chiyo passed away on the 22nd of July 2018.
Kane Tanaka (Japan, b. 2 January 1903) is the oldest person living currently and the oldest person living (female) at the ripe age of 117 years and 41 days (verified on 12 February 2020).
Gerontologist across the global has agreed and attributed their long life to their kind of diet.
Gerontology is the scientific study of old age, the process of ageing, and the particular problems of old people
Unmistakably the people who live long come from southern Japanese Okinawa islands whose population is said to include the largest proportion of centenarians in the country and there you find what is supposedly known the village with the oldest demographic in the world, Ogimi
American gerontologist, Dr Craig Willcox, who has spent many years investigating Okinawan longevity and co-wrote a book, The Okinawa Program, outlining his findings (recommending that we "Eat as low down the food chain as possible"