{"id":1012,"date":"2019-12-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/108-year-old-woman-shares-hilarious-secret-long-life-2\/"},"modified":"2019-12-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T00:00:00","slug":"108-year-old-woman-shares-hilarious-secret-long-life-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/lifestyle\/108-year-old-woman-shares-hilarious-secret-long-life-2\/","title":{"rendered":"108-Year-Old Woman Shares Hilarious Secret To Long Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 108-year-old English woman has revealed her secret to a long life and we are 100 per cent on board.<\/p>\n<p>Yahoo News reports that Dorothy Flowers, a resident at a care home in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, loves a good glass of sparkling wine.<\/p>\n<p>Resident manager at the Bupa Southlands Care Home, Helene Ballinger, told the publication how \u2018champagne\u2019 was likely her \u201creal secret for longevity\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s the only thing we ever see her finish a glass of,\u201d she told Yahoo. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For her most recent birthday, Dorothy received multiple bottles of her drink of choice along with 670 cards, flowers, chocolates and gin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/screen_shot_2019-12-10_at_12.03.30_pm-3.png\" width=\"502\" height=\"759\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Her niece Judith Barrett explained that while Dorothy \u201cstruggles to speak nowadays,\u201d the smile on her face spoke volumes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cShe\u2019s always been happiest when surrounded by others, and the cards have made her feel very loved,\u201d she told the publication.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/screen_shot_2019-12-10_at_12.05.12_pm-3.png\" width=\"498\" height=\"317\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The news comes after a 107-year-old woman, Louise Signore, said abstaining from marriage was the reason she\u2019s enjoyed such a long life.<\/p>\n<p>When ABC7 asked her what the \u201cbest&nbsp;part of being 107\u201d was, she replied simply.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cNot getting married.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And last month identical 95-year-old twins Lilian Cox and Doris Dobday claim no sex, raw sausage sandwiches and a pint of Guinness or two hold the secret to longevity.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Facebook&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have to agree.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":1013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[201],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-1012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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