Misao Okawa- Eat and sleep and you will live long. Sushi (a Japanese dish consisting of small balls or rolls of vinegar-flavoured c...
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Misao Okawa, who is recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest woman, gives the secret of her longevity.
.The Japanese woman Misao Okawa born in 1898, will celebrate her 116th birthday on Wednesday 5th, March 2014.
She told The Telegraph that,the secret for her longevity is eating lots of sushi and sleeping eight hours a night.
Okawa (pictured above, celebrating her 115th birthday in 2013) spoke to the U.K. Telegraph about her secrets for longevity. Okawa attributes her incredible life span to getting plenty of sleep, eating well, and taking a nap as needed.
She told the paper, "Eat and sleep and you will live a long time. You have to learn to relax."
Easier said than done, of course, but when advice on living a long life comes from the world's oldest person, it's worth heeding.
Okawa, born in 1898 " eat sushi at least once every month," Tomohito Okada, head of the retirement home where Okawa has lived for the past 18 years, told the Telegraph.
When asked by the Telegraph about her happiest and saddest moments, Mrs. Okawa unhesitatingly recalls her marriage in 1919 to Yukio Okawa and the birth of their three children. Her surviving son and daughter have clearly inherited her genes and are now aged 94 and 92 according to the Telegraph.
She also has four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Equally, she says the saddest time of her life was the death of her husband in June 1931 - an almost unthinkable 83 years ago.
The average lifespan for a Japanese woman is now 85.9 years, with women also accounting for 87 percent of the nation’s centenarians. A Japanese man can expect to reach 79.6 years old. Okawa became the world's oldest living person last year when the previous title holder, Jiroemon Kimura, passed away at the age of 116.
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