Dietary habits of worlds oldest man.

THE oldest person in the world says a diet of quinoa, mushrooms and coca have kept him alive for 123 years.

Bolivian indigenous farmer Carmelo Flores, who turned 123 a month ago, attributes his longevity to the traditional Andean diet.

Mr Flores told Reuters he has lived so long by eating quinoa grains, riverside mushrooms and constantly chewing coca leaves.

"Potatoes with quinoa are delicious," Flores said.

To what else does Mr Flores, who has long herded cattle and sheep, owe his longevity?

"I walk a lot, that's all. I go out with the animals,'' he told Associated Press.

"I don't eat noodles or rice, only barley. I used to grow potatoes, beans, oca (an Andean tuber)."

The water Mr Flores drinks streams down from the snow-capped peak of Illampu, one of Bolivia's highest mountains.

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