Teodora Cea, 112 years oldhas been the oldest woman in Spain for a few days now. She lives in El Escorial, filled with serenity, spirituality and faith. Her iron discipline allows her to have her very well controlled blood pressure at 130/70, your heart rate at 70 beats per minute At rest, his oxygen saturation is 96 and cholesterol keeps it at bayShe is very thin, she does not have a single drop of fat, says Dr. Manuel de la Peña, who went to visit her this weekend.
This is a real example of improvement, since At 105, she had hip surgery. It also overcame World Wars I and II, the Civil War and two pandemics.
It has always been a person with very healthy habitshas never smoked and likes healthy foods based on vegetable proteins, he has always been passionate about walking and dancing, and his mood is boosted by chocolate. Doctor de la Peña points out that Teodora looks you straight in the eye. She is very cultured, she has a lot of personality, a lot of genius and character, something very common among supercentenarians. One of her greatest memories is of her first communion. Only positive memories remain in your mind.
The doctor brought her his “Guide to Living Healthy for 120 Years,” which reveals Teodora’s secrets to living that long.
Doctor de la Peña is convinced that carries genetic variants associated with longevity and that their healthy habits and lifestyles have been decisive in their admirable epigenetics. He suggests that Teodora come back another day and have a blood test to analyze the length of her telomeres.
When he visited Teodora, the doctor told him that Dolores Buitrago at 110 years old He sang melodious couplets that Crescencia Galán at 110 years old He told him that when he has a bad day, he brings it out and that Engraciano at 109 years old He beat colon cancer at 90, a heart attack at 95, had his hip replaced when he was about to turn 100, and now he feels like he’s 60.
Professor de la Peña also told her that she was currently the oldest in Spain and that The oldest in the world is Japanese Tomiko Itooka, 116 years old.And Women live about 5 years longer than men. Teodora told him that she loved all those stories and that even though her glasses broke a few days ago, she would keep the book.
All these surveys and testimonies from supercentenarians are collected in the “Guide to living in good health for 120 years” written by Doctor de la Peña and the Vergara publishing house (Penguin Random House) has already launched the second edition.
From the Peña, in addition to Professor of cardiology and academicis a Cum Laude doctor, Director of the Chair of Heart and Longevitywriter and president of the European Institute of Health and Social Protection. He has received the gold badge of the Association of Coronary Patients (APACOR) and the bronze medal of the Society for International Studies (SEI) as well as the donor-recipient sculpture of the Spanish Association of Heart Transplants.
The European Institute for Health and Social Protection, headed by De la Peña, is an independent institution whose members have included Nobel Prize winners, ministers and members of the European Parliament, among others. Their Research continues to shed light on the factors that allow humans to live beyond 100 years and aspires to reach 120.
