Guest guest Posted November 6, 2000 Report Share Posted November 6, 2000 --- In egroups, " Bang " <lindsay@f...> wrote: > > > Has anyone here done much reading on long lived peoples of the world and > their diet ? The average Hunza (before Westerner's reached their land) lived > 120 years or more. Hunzakuts eat wheat, millet, chick peas, barley, leafy > green vegetables, potatoes and other root vegetables, peas, beans, fresh > milk and buttermilk, clarified butter and cheese (sometimes), fruit (mainly > apricots and mulberries), plus meat and wine on rare occasions (see " Hunza > Health Secrets " by page 70). They also drink mineral water from > a nearby glacier which has a very high mineral content, and they work in the > fields all day and are very fit, even at 110 +. They eat very little fat and > rarely cook their food. Basically they ate the CRON diet (Walford's diet, > not the Zone version) and their fat and protein consumption is LOW. > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Hunza's as well as many of the other so-called " long-loved " peoples are not as old as they testify to (such as 120), upon closer scrutiny. There are no accurate birth records to verify the ages of many of these groups to be sure of their real ages. As I mentioned earlier, Walford and Sears have much in common and to follow one does not mean you need abandon the other. Anti-cancer supplements and foods - selenium, as mentioned previously, and broccoli sprouts!! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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