The Hunza people live in the mountains of northern Pakistan, there are about 87.000 of them, and they are special in that they live an average of one hundred years, but many of them live to be 120 without problems.
Members of this tribe are rarely sick, they do not know what tumors are, they look very young, and their women give birth at the age of 65. Some even live to 160.
Diet and lifestyle are believed to influence their longevity.
Hunzas bathe in cold water, even if it is below zero. They only eat what they plant themselves. They feed on raw fruits and vegetables, nuts, they eat a lot of dried apricots, various cereals, sheep's cheese, milk and eggs.
There are no snacks for them, only breakfast and lunch. They walk a lot, even 15 to 20 kilometers a day. They eat meat extremely rarely, twice a year they eat some lamb or chicken. Also, they laugh a lot.
For part of the year, they don't eat anything for between two and four months, but only drink dried apricot juice. It's a tradition with them from long ago that they respect very much, and it takes place at the time of year when the fruit is not yet ripe. Doctors also agree that their diet and fasting periods are responsible for their good health and longevity.
The habit of consuming a large amount of apricots may be responsible for protecting against tumors. Apricot seeds are rich in vitamin B-17, which has an anti-cancer effect, and they make oil from the seeds. These are extremely small doses that can otherwise be life-threatening. There, it is even a matter of prestige which family has more apricot trees on their land. Unfortunately, today unhealthy industrial food is also among them, so caries and digestive problems appeared, which they did not know before.
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