30 Apr Living Past 100
Living well past 100 could come down to (no big surprise here) genes and, well, two very fragrant foods – at least according to Huff Post lifestyle writer James Cave. Read on to discover the very fishy, very fragrant secret.
Acciaroli, Cilento Coast, Italy, where much of the population live full lives over the age of 100.
Everlasting life might not be found in the waters of the elusive fountain of youth, but rather in the abundant sea just off the Mediterranean coast.
Acciaroli, Italy is a small town of about 600 people who smoke, don’t jog and are often overweight. But a whopping third of them are more than 100 years old, and 20 percent of that group is over 110.
What’s their secret? Research is still underway, but Dr. Alan Maisel, a cardiologist and researcher at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, told NPR it’s a mix of good genes and good diet.
More specifically on the diet front, researchers are tying this extreme longevity to consumption of two particularly, uh, fragrant ingredients. Maisel and colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza noticed that the centenarians of Acciaroli all eat anchovies — a lot. And rosemary. Essentially, at every meal.
“They have the plant rosemary in almost everything they cook with,” Maisel said. “Whatever form they put it in has been shown in scientific studies to… prevent cognitive dysfunction and some aging.”
They also walk long distances and hike daily, due to the remote location of their village along the mountainous coast, and relax in the evenings…
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