A Mexican woman to become the oldest ever person at 127 says chocolate is her secret to long life.

Ms Lumbreras' family say that chocolate is they key to her long life, as well as sleeping for days on end and never getting married. "She's always had a good tooth, even at her old age. She has no diabetes or hypertension so can eat as many chocolates and sweets as she likes," granddaughter Miriam Alvear, 43, said. "She was always a woman who fought. She was still sewing and weaving until about two years ago." "She never ceased to be active, that's why we think she's lived so long." Leandra Becerra Lumbreras was born on 31 August, 1887. Leandra Becerra Lumbreras was born on 31 August, 1887.

She was 27 when World War II broke out and 82 when man first set foot on the moon.

The 127-year-old reportedly fought in the 1910-1917 Mexican Revolution as a leader of the 'Adelitas' - a group of women who went with their husbands to battle.

The tragedy of Ms Lumbrera's long life is that she has already buried five children and several of her 20 grandchildren, the last of whom died in 2013 at age 90.

She has 73 great-grandchildren and 55 great-great-grandchildren.

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