In the debate over which diet and lifestyle is the best path for increased health and longevity, there is nothing like real-life indisputable proof such as that found among the Hunza tribe in the Himalayas.
These people, living in an extremely secluded region of the world, practice simple lifestyle habits which allow them to enjoy excellent overall health and lifespans of up to 145 years!
This, and they do it in style, being among the happiest human beings on Earth with near-perfect physiology. Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity, blood pressure issues and other common plagues of the Western world are almost unheard of among the Hunza.
This tribe was first written about by Dr. Robert McCarrison in the publication Studies in Deficiency Disease, followed in 1961 by an article in JAMA documenting the remarkable lifespan of the Hunza. As a result of this prior research, Dr. Jay M. Hoffman took a trip to the Hunza valley to study tribal longevity more in depth. His findings were published in the 1968 book HUNZA – Secrets of the world’s healthiest and oldest living people. Continue reading