Native of Brazil, João Marinho Neto He is the oldest man in the world: yesterday, October 5, 2025, he fulfilled 113 years.
Thanks to some reports he has provided and the testimony of nearby people, the secrets were known by which he managed to reach that High age.
Their revelations are linked to simple practicesthat you can do every person who wishes. However, where appropriate, they were imposed naturally, since he lived much of his life in the field, an ideal environment to carry them out.
A natural diet, the fundamental fact for its longevity
It was recently, in an interview provided with the Brazilian chain TV Globo, that João announced his main secret to reach such a high age: a diet natural and healthy.
Although he never followed a strict regime, because he spent most of his life in rural environments, Net Fruits, meats and without processing.
Joao Marinho Neto Aún disagrees with dear beings. Photo: World Guinness RecordYour intake routine begins in the morningwhen Marinho takes a cup of café. This common habit in Brazil seems to have been one of the pillars of its diet over time.
According to nurse Diulia Dara Nascimento, who takes care of him in the San Sebastian elderly residence in Aguiarés, João is a coffee lover, and her preference for this drink was born long ago.
After that, João usually eats fresh grapes, A food that is among its favorites and that has been fundamental for its longevity, since it is rich in antioxidants and nutrients.
Another of the products occupied by a prominent place in its diet is panan unrefined sugar, brown, that is obtained from the evaporation of cane juice and retains more minerals than common sugar. This sweet is a traditional product in many rural regions of the neighboring country, and Marinho enjoys it in several of its meals.
But the Brazilian diet is not limited only to original fruits and sugars, but also includes high quality proteins, such as those provided by the Corral chicken. This type of meat is known for being more natural and less processed than other forms of animal protein, which could contribute to better well -being.
In summary, then, the most old man intake regime in the world is based on local and natural production foodsinstead of in ultra processed products so widespread.
This type of food was not something adopted forced by him, but was imposed naturally while he was in the field, where he lived most of his life.
«What he likes most is the morning coffee. His favorite fruit is the grape and also loves the integral cane sugar without refine, which we call rapture, and the chicken of corral,» said Edgar Rodrigues, home administrator where he lives.
However, despite this nutritious diet, Net personal affections and for one particular way of facing life.
Marinho Neto, on his 110th birthday. Photo: World Guinness RecordOn the one hand, according to Marcos Vinicius Marques, one of his children, the key to João’s longevity is that he has always been surrounded by good peopleand that has maintained closeness with their loved ones.
On the other, it is a man educated and happy, that usually repeats that «Life is worth it». Another of her caregivers, Alleluia Teixera, said she was kind, calm, sensitive and always thanked, for a glass of water.
«I’ve never seen a human being as special as he. He doesn’t stress for anything. He is always happy. For him everything is fine, «Teixera said for the Fantastic television program.
“I have had a happy life, full of Good health. I have had everything. He had won to do cheese, he had everything, ”Neto himself summed up the scientific organization himself LongeviQuest.
Thanks to all this, today, despite having blindness and some auditory problems, Marinho has not suffered serious and, even more surprising diseases, even more surprisingly Does not take any medicationas counted by Diulia Dara Nascimento.
Quién ES João Marinho Neto
João Marinho Neto He was born in Maranguape, Ceará, Brazil, on October 5, 1912, within a family of farmers. However, when he was still very small, his parents and he moved to the small municipality of Escaiarés, located in the same state.
There, João spent his childhood in a rural environment, until he became great and married Josefa Albano dos Santos.
Next to her, Marinho would remain linked to field life, because Josefa had inherited several extensions of land from her family. There, marriage cultivated corn and beans and raised cattle. Also had four children: Antonio, José, Fatima y Vanda.
However, in 1994, Albano Dos Santos died. After that, Neto married, this time with Antonia Rodrigues Moura, and had three more children: Vinícius, Jarbas y Conceiçao.
The years continued to pass and, finally, in November 2024, at 112 years and after the death of the British John Tinniswooden, who held the record, Marinho Neto became the Long lonely man in the worldas recognized by the Guinness organization. He is also the last surviving man born in 1912.
Currently, Neto lives in Aguiarés, in the House of Elders of San Sebastián, along with 12 other older adults. He still recognizes and enjoys his children (except vanda, who died), and has 22 grandchildren, 15 great -grandchildren and three great -great grandchildren.
Marinho Neto greeted the oldest person in the world for his birthday. Photo: World Guinness RecordOn August 21, 2025, Marinho marked another milestone by sending greetings to a special birthday girl: Ethel Caterhamthe oldest person in the world, who is 116 years old. This constituted the first documented communication between the longest man and woman at a given time.
Sitting and erect, João posed for a brief photo shoot, while holding a sign that showed him with Caterham and said «Ethel happy anniversary» («Happy birthday, Ethel»). After that, LongeviQuestI sent the images and the message to the British.
Just over a month later, on October 5, it was the turn of Your own birthdaythe number 113.
