This is the supercentenarian site discovered by Dr. Manuel de la Peña

Humanizing medicine is one of the great challenges that health systems face, and finding humanist and vocational doctors is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Touring Spain and meeting the 20,000 centenarians takes time, and if you do it by traveling the world in search of the 700,000, it has more merit. "Only a world-renowned doctor like the tireless and reputable cardiologist Manuel de la Peña Alonso-Araújo undertakes this endless tour, which has allowed him to discover a true reservoir of supercentenarians, who are revealing their secrets to reaching 120 in good health," as explained by the European Institute of Health and Social Welfare.

A legacy of knowledge from the supercentenarians
In addition to Jeanne Calment, a woman who led a very active life and lived to 122 years, the longest-lived people in history have been the Japanese Kane Tanaka, who lived to 119 years; the American Sarah Knauss, who died at 119, and the French nun Lucile Randon, who passed away at 118 years. Among the longest-lived men in the world are the Japanese Jirōemon Kimura, who lived to 116 years, the Venezuelan Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, who lived to 114 years, and the Extremaduran Francisco Núñez Olivera, who died at 113 years.

This legacy of knowledge is captured in his masterpiece, Guide to Living Healthy 120 Years, a bestseller because it tells real and heartwarming stories through clinical interviews, conducted by this longevity guru, imbued with great humanism that is paradigmatic.

Accompanying him on this journey is Loles Leon, his inseparable actress, who has become the ambassador of longevity. Loles represents a model of resistance to aging, given that her biological age is much lower than her actual 74 years. Nobody forgets that the doctor brought together comedian José Mota and Loles a few months ago at the Wellington Hotel, where they managed to gather the entire Madrid jet set to convince them that it is indeed possible to reach 120 in good health.

Servando at 109 years, first in the world to receive a pacemaker
It is admirable that doctor Manuel de la Peña is spreading the word in all the forums where he is invited that age is simply a mental barrier, as getting older is not an obstacle to healing or undergoing surgery, much less to fulfilling dreams. In fact, Servando Palacín at 109 years, supported by the doctor, became the first person in the world to receive a pacemaker and every day he does bicycle-type exercises in bed, that Dolores Buitrago at 110 years "sang melodious coplas to doctor de la Peña," that Crescencia Galán at 110 years told him that "when she has a bad day, she brings it afloat" and does a 20-minute exercise routine a day, and that Engraciano at 109 years overcame colon cancer at 90 years, a myocardial infarction at 80 years, had his hip replaced just before turning 100 years, and now feels like he is 60 years old and walks an hour every day in the garden. De la Peña also supported in the Auditorium of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the family with the Guinness World Record for longevity, the Hernández-Pérez, who consume fresh products from their garden and live with joy and serenity.

It is derogatory to use the words old and elderly
In this regard, this doctor, cum laude in medicine, considers it derogatory and very ugly to talk about old men/women or elderly men/women, which is why in his book he promotes stopping the use of these words and replacing them with long-lived person, as this treatment generates equality and respect.

The study of supercentenarians is a research project that De la Peña started out of obligation, but in which he became trapped by medical vocation and with which he currently enjoys taking the blood pressure and heart rate of people 112 years and older, assessing their oxygen saturation, examining if their heart has pauses or irregular beats, observing if the medication dosage they take is adequate, exploring this type of people (who are all thin), knowing the keys to a microbiota that favors their longevity, assessing the influence of their blood levels of vitamin D, B12, glucose, and LDL cholesterol, and studying a myriad of medical parameters. De la Peña emphasizes that in all of them the key is that their cholesterol is at 120 and their blood pressure at 120, which allows them to live without risk of strokes or heart attacks, and above all without risk of losing their minds. And it is something he insists on a lot when he shares his experiences with other supercentenarians.

The discovery of a reservoir of supercentenarians
A relevant detail is that most people didn't know about the existence of people who were 117 years old like María Branyas nor did they imagine that people lived to these ages. Among the community of supercentenarians, they themselves believed they were alone because they didn't know there were other people who also reached their age, until the famous doctor arrived and told them his tender stories with the names and surnames of the people he was meeting, among whom Angelina Torres stands out, who at 112 years is the longest-lived person in Spain. Something moving that highlights, in his own words, the importance of social connection.

"Doctor de la Peña, who moves like a fish in water among the high society, better known as the doctor of the 'beautiful people,' states that the supercentenarians have infected him with serenity, spirituality, and faith, which is why he gives them a rosary and invites them to chocolate with churros. All of which constitutes the incentive to continue, and in an unbeatable way, with his tour of clinical interviews and active search for living supercentenarians."

Finally, "what is truly admirable is the medical leadership he exercises among the scientific community where his power of influence is managing to change the perception of long-lived people so that they receive the best healthcare and lack nothing until the last day of their existence, and it is said, no less, by an emblematic world leader in longevity."

The European Institute of Health and Social Welfare, under the leadership of doctor De la Peña, has become a world reference in the study of longevity and the improvement of quality of life. With initiatives that bring together Nobel Prize winners, ministers, and international experts, this institution promotes research projects that integrate science, technology, and humanism.