Susannah Mushatt Jones, aged 116, of Brooklyn, is the oldest person alive today—and one of two still living who were born before 1900. And she’s offering fresh hope to all bacon-o-philes in the world, because as Page Six just discovered, she eats bacon at every single breakfast… and beyond.
“She’ll eat bacon all day long,” said her aide at the facility in which she lives.
Miss Susannah doesn’t splurge much in the way of other things though. “I never drink or smoke,” she explained, according to Guinness World Records. “I surround myself with love and positive energy. That’s the key to long life and happiness.”
Moreover, her daily meals consist of eggs, grits, and bacon for breakfast; fruit for lunch; and meat, vegetables, and potatoes for dinner (she “eats the meat first,” said her aide)—she’s not a glutton, by any standards. Her few vices seem to be bacon, chewing gum, and cussing.
If Miss Susannah hasn’t won you over yet, she credits sleeping as the secret to her longevity; she apparently sleeps 10 hours every night, and takes regular naps, according to Huffington Post.
She’s also in pretty good health: She only takes two medications a day, and while she is hard of hearing and has lost her eyesight, she’s cognizant of the world around her.
“What the hell you doing?” she asked after someone adjusted her quilt.
And she’s still politically involved. “She voted for Obama twice, but her last birthday he never sent anything. We’ll have to remind him,” the aide said.
We’re big fans, Miss Susannah. Keep on doing you.
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