Imagine a land where cancer has not yet been invented. A land where an optometrist discovers to his amazement that everyone has perfect 20-20 vision, and cardiologists cannot find a single trace of coronary heart disease. Men of 80 and 90 father children, and there’s nothing unusual about men and women enjoying vigorous life at the age of 100 or 120.
Sound too good to be true? Well such places do exist – 5 of them to be exact: The land of Hunza in northern Pakistan, Vilcambamba in Ecuador, and high mountain valleys in the countries of Georgia, Mongolia and Peru.
Scientists have flocked to each of these locations for decades now trying to discover the secret to long life. The cultures are different, and so are the diets. What could it possibly be? Read more