Want to live to a ripe old age? Just eat the same things over and over. Well, it’s a bit more complicated than that…

When asked how she made it to the ripe old age of 117, Emma Morano had an incredible answer.

She reckoned that the secret to her longevity was steering clear of men and the fact she abided by a strict diet throughout her entire life. Take notes, ladies!

Emma, one of the oldest people to ever grace this planet, hailed from the Piedmont region of Italy and was welcomed into the world on 29 November, 1899 – which made her the last surviving person who was born in the 1800s, before her death.

Despite being the eldest of eight siblings, she had managed to outlive them all when she passed away on 15 April, 2017.

She overcame a lot of hardships in her lengthy life too – including an abusive marriage, the death of her only child, more than 90 different Italian governments and two World Wars.

The former factory worker believed that her decision to stay single after showing her spouse the door has a lot to do with how she made it to such a great age in life.

Emma explained the marriage had hardly ever been a match made in heaven – as she had actually been in love with a man who died during WWI and wasn’t too interested in finding anyone else.

She didn’t really have a say in the matter when the proposition of getting hitched was put before her, anyway.

You can read the full story in an article by Olivia Burke published in the adbible.coweb site at: http://tinyurl.com/y4kna3jr