Oldest person in the world reveals her secret to her longevity as she turns 117

The oldest woman in the world has revealed her
secret to a long life as she turns 117 this week.
Emma Moran - who has survived two World
Wars , claims eating three eggs a day has
helped her reached the record milestone.
She has eaten one cooked and two raw eggs
each day since a doctor recommended doing so
when she was diagnosed with anemia at the
age of 20.
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She also credits eating small amounts of minced
meat and only having milk for supper.
However, she also used to eat 500 grams of
Gianduiotti every week (chocolates made with
the hazelnuts), and glasses full of honey.
As the huge milestone approaches, Emma
cheerily accepts presents, before telling
reporters: "I’m doing really fine, but my legs are
weak."
Emma was born in Civiasco, province of Vercelli,
in 1899 as the first of eight children.
As a teenager, she enjoyed dancing, loved waltz
and tango and adored music - but she suffered
hard times throughout her life.
During the First World War her fiancé was called
to the front line - and the young lovers never
met again.
Emma believed he had been killed, but according
to a journalist for local paper L’Alpino he
returned home to find she had moved.
She married in October 1926 and 11 years later
had her only child, who died at the age of six
months.
After an unhappy marriage she split from her
husband the next year.
Mrs Morano, who remained single for the rest of
her life, worked in a factory making jute sacks
then as a cook before retiring at the age of 75.
She took the title of oldest person after the
death of previous record holder Susannah
Mushatt Jones in May last year.
After hearing that she was the world's oldest
human, the Italian reportedly said: "My word,
I’m as old as the hills."
Rosi Santoni, who helps care for Mrs Moran,
told the newspaper the supercentenarian is
almost entirely deaf and her social life is very
limited as all her peers are now dead.
She said: "Considering her age she is in pretty
good health.
“She does find walking very tiring, though, and
she has a nap during the day.”
Mrs Morano was born on November 29, 1899, in
Civiasco in the Piedmont region of northern Italy
and the eldest of eight children.
Her family moved to Pallanza close on Lake
Maggiore, close to the Swiss border, where she
still lives in a small flat.
As well as holding the title of the oldest person
in the world, she is also the oldest Italian
person ever.
She took up the record last year after the last
American born in the 1800s - just months before
Mrs Morano - Susannah Mushatt Jones passed
away at the age of 116.
Her death was confirmed by senior consultant
Robert Young, from the Gerontology Research
Group, who said that "Miss Susie' died at a
nursing home in Brooklyn, New York.
Ms Jones, who didn't have any children, was
born in a small farm town near Montgomery,
Alabama, in 1899, and was the daughter of
sharecroppers and granddaughter of slaves.
She was one of 11 siblings and attended a
special school for young black girls.
Family members have credited her long life to
love of family and generosity to others.
Ms Jones became Guinness World Records'
official oldest person when 117-year-old Misao
Okawa died in Tokyo last year.
The oldest verified person was Jeanne Calment
of France, who died in 1997 at 122 years and
164 days, the research group said.