World's oldest person credited longevity to avoiding toxic people
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The world's oldest person, who credited her longevity to avoiding toxic people, has passed away at the age of 117. Throughout her remarkable life, she shared that maintaining positive relationships and minimizing stress were key to her well-being. While not definitive, some studies suggest that prolonged exposure to toxic individuals may activate the brain’s conserved transcriptional response to adversity (CTRA), leading to chronic inflammation and adrenal fatigue. Her belief in the power of positive connections seems to align with science, suggesting she may have been onto something.
Source
Slavich GM, Irwin MR. From stress to inflammation and major depressive disorder: a social signal transduction theory of depression. Psychol Bull. 2014 May;140(3):774-815. doi: 10.1037/a0035302. Epub 2014 Jan 13. PMID: 24417575; PMCID: PMC4006295.
Additional Reading
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/21/worlds-oldest-person-maria-branyas-morera-dead-117/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/spain-worlds-oldest-person-maria-branyas-dead-b2599309.html