{"id":2104,"date":"2025-07-18T01:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T01:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=2104"},"modified":"2025-07-18T01:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T01:48:50","slug":"she-lived-to-117-and-said-yogurt-was-her-secret-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=2104","title":{"rendered":"She Lived to 117 and Said Yogurt Was Her Secret\u2014Now"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>She Lived to 117\u2014and Credited Yogurt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Remarkable Life<\/strong><br>Maria Branyas Morera, who passed away at 117, was the world\u2019s oldest known living person. Born in 1907 in San Francisco and later living in Spain, she witnessed two World Wars, the Spanish Civil War, the 1918 flu, and the COVID-19 pandemic. She was a mother, grandmother, and, above all, a quiet observer of global change and personal resilience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Simple Food, Deep Belief<\/strong><br>Maria swore by a daily serving of yogurt, which she called her \u201cheavenly manna.\u201d She believed it played a key role in her longevity. \u201cLiving this long takes some luck,\u201d she wrote in 2022. \u201cAnd good genetics.\u201d But she also emphasized good food, emotional balance, close relationships, and avoiding toxic people. For over 20 years, she ate plain, creamy yogurt every day\u2014not as a trend, but as a cherished habit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Science Behind It<\/strong><br>Modern research supports her choice. Yogurt is rich in probiotics, which help gut health, immune function, and even mood. These benefits align with longevity trends seen in Blue Zones\u2014regions where people live well past 100 and regularly consume fermented foods like yogurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More Than Just Yogurt<\/strong><br>Experts warn against crediting one food alone. Aging researcher Richard Faragher notes, \u201cWe only hear from people who live long lives.\u201d Still, Maria\u2019s life shows that consistent, thoughtful living matters. Her daily yogurt wasn\u2019t a miracle cure\u2014it was part of a peaceful, grounded lifestyle. As the article concludes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cA long life isn\u2019t just about extending time\u2014it\u2019s about filling those years with peace, purpose, and pleasure.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria\u2019s story reminds us that sometimes, the smallest rituals\u2014done with care\u2014carry the greatest impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She Lived to 117\u2014and Credited Yogurt A Remarkable LifeMaria Branyas Morera, who passed away at 117, was the world\u2019s oldest known living person. Born in 1907 in San Francisco and later living in Spain, she witnessed two World Wars, the Spanish Civil War, the 1918 flu, and the COVID-19 pandemic. She was a mother, grandmother,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2106,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104\/revisions\/2106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}