The Frenchwoman Jeanne Louise Kalman, who was born on February 21, 1875 in Arles, then still part of the Third French Republic, and died on August 4, 1997, is considered to be the most long-liver in all known history. Her total life expectancy was 122 years. How was the life of the famous Frenchwoman?
A brief history of the life of Madame Kalman
Zhanna Louise was a fairly late child, since she was born when her parents were already under 40 years old. She had an older brother, François, who also lived a lot, dying at the age of 97 in 1962. The Kalman family belonged to the class of the Arles bourgeoisie. The French woman's father was engaged in shipbuilding, and her mother was from a family of hereditary millers.
Documents have survived to this day, according to which Jeanne Louise was listed as a minor, after she studied at the elementary school of Arles, then at the boarding school, and then at the secondary school of her hometown.
According to Kalman's recollections, one day she saw Van Gogh who went into a nearby shop, who was buying something there and seemed to her "dirty and poorly dressed" and "terrible as a mortal sin, he had a disgusting disposition, and he smelled of booze."
Jeanne Louise got married at the age of 21 to a merchant and owner of her own store, Fernand Nicolas Kalman, after which the future long-liver healed a fairly prosperous life and got the opportunity not to work. The couple had only one daughter, who, unfortunately, died of pneumonia at a fairly young age.
Ms Kalman ended her life in a nursing home. After 110 years, reporters, biographies and historians very often came to her, who sought to document the life of Jeanne Louise.
What was the lifestyle of a long-liver
Madame Kalman has never led a completely healthy lifestyle. She smoked for 95 years and gave up this bad habit only in the 117th year of her life after a serious operation. It is true that Jeanne Louise did not smoke very much: only two cigarettes a day.
Another habit of Mrs. Kalman was chocolate, which she ate 1 kilogram a week with a glass of good dry red wine. Jeanne Louise called the main reason for her long life a good mood and a very positive outlook on the reality around her, as well as a large amount of olive oil and fresh fruits in the diet.
Like almost all centenarians who have stepped over the 115-year mark, Kalman did not suffer from obesity, in her youth and mature years she was actively involved in sports - she played a lot of tennis, rode a bicycle and fenced until she was 100 years old.
Jeanne Louise also spent a lot of time outdoors, preferring fresh air to gatherings at a party. By the way, researchers who studied the life of Mrs. Kalman found that 68 of her relatives lived much more than the average, having crossed the 90-year mark, but did not reach the 100th birthday.
