iStockEveryone, stop juicing! All you have to do to live a long life is get rid of your husband.
Italy's Emma Morano is 115 years and three months young, making her the oldest person in Europe and the fifth-oldest person in the entire world. Born in 1899, she's lived through three centuries, two world wars and the rise and fall of the Beanie Babies empire.
So when The New York Times interviewed Emma, they obviously asked if she had any secrets to living such a long life. Her answers were shockingly simple; it just depends what you are willing to give up and what you are wiling to imbibe.
Emma credits her diet as the reason behind her longevity, or more specifically: eggs.
She tells the NY Times that a doctor recommended raw eggs when she was a teen to help counter her anemia, so she's been eating three raw eggs per days. Thank Zeus the NY Times did the math (we're not so good with the numbers); that's approximately 100,000 eggs in her lifetime.
Her other secret? Staying single for most of her life. Emma ended an unhappy marriage in 1938 after the tragic death of her infant son, and despite many partners since, she has been unattached every since.
"I didn't want to be dominated by anyone," she said.
This lady is our hero. But, no one tell her about Fifty Shades of Grey, OK?
Even more badass? Emma left her husband during a time in Italy when separation was very rare and divorce was illegal.
And of course, genetics played a huge part in Emma's long life.
"We do know that the ability to make it to 110 is heritable, so you have a large increase in chance if you have several people in your family to live to a late age," said Dr. Longo, director of the Longevity Institute at the University of Southern California.
Two of Emma's sisters lived to be 100 and 102.
If living to be 100 isn't in your genetic background and you want to see Beanie Babies make a big comeback (which might not happen for another 70 or so years) just kick your husband to the curb and start chugging eggs, y'all.