How to live longer: advice from a cardiologist
How to live longer: advice from a cardiologist
- But everything began to change as I came to know Bapan, China — a place I read about after it was featured in a medical journal. It’s known as “Longevity Village” due to its concentration of older residents.
- But everything began to change as I came to know Bapan, China — a place I read about after it was featured in a medical journal. It’s known as “Longevity Village” due to its concentration of older residents.
With a
population of about 550, it has around one centenarian for every 100
people living there. The average ratio of centenarians in the US is one
in 5780.
In Bapan, people age very
slowly and don’t struggle with obesity; villagers in their 90s and even
100s are often still out in their gardens and farms. There is virtually
no heart disease or cancer. Dementia is all but unheard of.
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