(PIA) -The food that we eat play a major factor on our health. With various studies indicating that healthy diet and proper exercise help in greater physical health, this is apparently true for two centenarians in Mountain Province who were recently recognized by the provincial government.
Lola Angelina Dongonan Ag-a from Soquib, Besao and Lola Magdalena Bisoy Dida from Tue, Tadian who turned 100 years old this year said their secret to having a long life is eating “ube/togi” or sweet potato, and “baat” or banana in the local dialect.
The rootcrop and banana are staple foods that are high in healthy carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins, and fiber.
Governor Bonifacio C. Lacwasan Jr. visited Angelina Dongonan Ag-a in Soquib and Magdalena Bisoy Dida in Tue on May 15 to personally award the plaque of recognition, a congratulatory resolution and P50,000 cash incentive from the PLGU for their reaching the age of 100 .
Lola Angelina, born on April 10,1923, despite having no children with her late husband, is considered a mother and grandmother by most of her relatives, and children around the community.
Still with sharp memory and strong needing no help to walk down the stairs of her home in Soquib, Ag-a shared some stories of her life during the Japanese War while crocheting.
“During the Japanese War, we helped our guerrillas by cooking food for them. I can clearly remember how some of them put chili on the stones that the Japanese soldiers used to clean their butts after defecating” Ag-a laughingly said.
