The secret to a long life, says Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, who has just turned 91, is \u201cnot filling my stomach\u201d.<\/p>\n
His country has been struggling with food shortages since his drive to chase white farmers from their properties.<\/p>\n
In an interview televised this week ahead of a huge birthday party in Victoria Falls, Mugabe said: \u201cI do certain things that I believe sustain life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI eat well, not filling my stomach, eating foodstuffs that I believe sustain one most. You must eat well, and really not go for food because it\u2019s attractive and feed yourself until your tummy is full,\u201d the longtime Zimbabwean leader said.<\/p>\n
At least 20 000 guests will attend the bash at the golf course of a luxury hotel this weekend to feast on elephant, buffalo, donated cattle and a gigantic birthday cake.<\/p>\n
Mugabe\u2019s half sister, Regina Gata, recently said that he neither smokes nor drinks.<\/p>\n
The Zimbabwe leader has made several trips to the Far East in recent years for medical check-ups, officially on his eyes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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