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Faith Ukanwa

May 17, 2021

A man aged 111, says eating chicken brains, living a simple lifestyle, and eating naturally grown foods are secrets to his longevity.

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Dexter Kruger, who was a cattle rancher from the outback Queensland town of Roma has become Australia's oldest man on record, taking over from World War I veteran Jack Lockett, who died in 2002 aged 111 years and 123 days abc NEWS reports.

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"It's because I do things differently," Mr Kruger said from an armchair at his aged care home.

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"I lived very close to nature and I ate mostly what I grew in the garden or the orchard or the farm."

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"I don't think [today's world] is a nicer place, I do not"

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"People are not happy. They have too much debt ... We have far too much money to spend on rubbish.

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"Until we got all this computerized technology, life was much more relaxed.

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"There are marvelous things you can do with a little chip, but we were once very much more relaxed" Kruger said.

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Kruger while crediting his longevity also to a weekly delicacy of chicken brains said;

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"Chicken brains.

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"You know, chickens have a head and in that is some brains, and they are delicious little things. There's only one bite."

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His 74-year-old son, Greg Kruger said, his father's simple lifestyle and balanced diet, complete with "plenty of salt, sugar and fat", had a lot to do with his age.

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"He lived through a period that was a lot less stressful than what society is faced with today," Greg Kruger said.

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"He didn't go around chasing the bright lights, he was happy being around horses and cattle.

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"His system wasn't worn out trying to process the junk food - he's never been overweight, always active."

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Manager at Pinaroo Roma aged care facility Melanie Calvert said, Kruger was in better health than many residents in their 80s and 90s.

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"He's probably one of the sharpest residents here.

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"His memory is amazing and his cognitive functioning is unbelievable."

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"He's strong in the face of adversity - he has that positive mental attitude that keeps him going," she said.

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"He sets goals to write books, to achieve milestones, and I think that keeps him going.

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"To be able to have that personality - that doesn't get down on things, that picks themselves up and gets on with it - I think that's a big part of living longer" she said.

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