India, Oct. 2 -- A US-born Spanish woman, Maria Branyas Morer, died in August 2024 at age 117 years and 168 days, shortly after becoming the world's oldest living person. In a September 24 paper published in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, researchers studied Branyas' blood, saliva, urine, stool, and genome.

While she never smoked, drank alcohol, worked until she could not, lived in the countryside, did moderate exercise, and had a Mediterranean-style diet that included olive oil, there was one common food that was slightly unusual about Branyas' lifestyle. She ate yoghurt three servings a day.

In a post shared on October 2, Dr Joseph Salhab highlighted her consumption of yoghurt and revealed why it may be one of the best longevity s...