Maria’s story is not a call to hunt 117; It is a reminder to focus on health intervals, the years lived with good health. Her case shows how lifestyle and bowel health can affect aging as much as genetics.
Experts such as Professor Claire Steves from King’s College London emphasized that her life was not a “fluke”, but rather the result of several systems working in harmony, her gut, immune system, metabolism and genes that all support each other.
As Dr. Estelles put it, “she was lucky from the beginning, but she added years through how she lived.”
Mary’s daily yogurt may seem like a small act, but in her case it became a calm revolution in her body, a daily dose of balance that may have kept her young from inside and out.
