How to live long and prosper

USAtoday: Breuning said he has been healthy all of his life and believes diet has a lot to do with it.

"If people could cut back on their normal weight, it wouldn't be quite so bad," he commented. "They just eat too much!"

"Work doesn't hurt anybody," he said, mentioning that he had two jobs, one working for the Great Northern Railway until he was 66 and the other as manager/secretary for the local Shriner's Club until he was 99.

SHOOT: Breuning is 113 years old this year. Being frugal with what you eat, and generous with how you serve/work seems to be key. He also seems to have had an active social life.

clipped from www.usatoday.com GREAT FALLS, Mont. — So what does the world's oldest man eat? The answer is not much, at least not too much. Walter Breuning, who turned 113 on Monday, eats just two meals a day and has done so for the past 35 years. "I think you should push back from the table when you're still hungry," Breuning said. At 5 foot 8, ("I shrunk a little," he admitted) and 125 pounds, Breuning limits himself to a big breakfast and lunch every day and no supper. "I have weighed the same for about 35 years," Breuning said. "Well, that's the way it should be." "You get in the habit of not eating at night, and you realize how good you feel. If you could just tell people not to eat so darn much." He gets up at 6:15 a.m. and has a big breakfast every day at 7:30 a.m. Usually it's eggs, toast or pancakes. "You can order anything you want, just like a restaurant," he said. "I eat a lot of fruit every day." In addition to eating fruit every day, Breuning also takes a baby aspirin. And he drinks plenty of water.