An Orange-fleshed sweetpotato a day, keeps death’s door at bay

Sweet potatoes are the secret to a long life, says family of oldest person in the US

Following the death of a 114-year-old woman from Pennsylvania named Delphine Gibson, 113-year-old Lessie Brown of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is officially the oldest person in the United States. Her secret? According to her 88-year-old daughter Bernie Wilson, it’s sweet potatoes.