NBCNews.com (blog) | Quinoa, mushrooms and coca: Bolivian says ancient Andean diet has kept him ... NBCNews.com (blog) By Santiago Limachi, Reuters. FRASQUIA, Bolivia — Bolivian indigenous farmer Carmelo Flores, who could be the oldest person to have ever lived, attributes his longevity to quinoa grains, riverside mushrooms and around-the-clock chewing of coca leaves. Is Bolivian peasant Carmelo Flores Laura oldest person ever documented? The world's oldest man? 123-year-old living in Bolivia Bolivia records: Aymara herder is 123 years old |

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