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What is the secret to a long and happy life? It''s one of humanity''s oldest questions and scientists have been searching for the answer for centuries. But a few isolated communities seem to have it sussed... From the sake-drinking Ushi, who lives on the Japanese island of Okinawa and has just celebrated her 103rd birthday, to Marge the Californian who remembers the 1906 San Fransisco earthquake and likes cycling, Horizon visits some old timers and reveals what we can learn from their experience. Entertaining, remarkable and startling, this programme shows how we can''t do anything about the genes we are given, but we can do something about the way we use them. The quest to live longer has been one of humanities oldest dreams, but while scientists have been searching, a few isolated communities have stumbled across the answer. On the remote Japanese island of Okinawa, In the Californian town of Loma Linda and in the mountains of Sardinia people live longer than anywhere else on earth. In these unique communities a group of scientists have dedicated their lives to trying to uncover their secrets. Horizon takes a trip around the globe to meet the people who can show us all how to live longer, healthier lives.
Source: BBC
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What is the secret to a long and happy life? It''s one of humanity''s oldest questions and scientists have been searching for the answer for centuries. But a few isolated communities seem to have it sussed... From the sake-drinking Ushi, who lives on the Japanese island of Okinawa and has just celebrated her 103rd birthday, to Marge the Californian who remembers the 1906 San Fransisco earthquake and likes cycling, Horizon visits some old timers and reveals what we can learn from their experience. Entertaining, remarkable and startling, this programme shows how we can''t do anything about the genes we are given, but we can do something about the way we use them. The quest to live longer has been one of humanities oldest dreams, but while scientists have been searching, a few isolated communities have stumbled across the answer. On the remote Japanese island of Okinawa, In the Californian town of Loma Linda and in the mountains of Sardinia people live longer than anywhere else on earth. In these unique communities a group of scientists have dedicated their lives to trying to uncover their secrets. Horizon takes a trip around the globe to meet the people who can show us all how to live longer, healthier lives.
Source: BBC
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very interesting documentary which almost single-handedly
proves that our modern ways of living are working against
our nature. Almost all the centenarians live similar lives
in terms of living in peaceful, green enviroments, eating
simple, little and organic food with moderate physical
activity and a spiritual system. Modern life makes these
things so hard to achieve...take the example of tofu and soy
for ex. ıt is so hard to find one that is not
genetically modified. My father who after a stomach surgery
ate little and unprocessed and works everyday in the garden
looks 50 smth whereas he is 73-
it is time to question things in terms of our enviromental
and nutritional rights which are abused ruthlessly by the
food industry. As this documentary demonstrates, playing
with these equals to making an attempt on our and worse
still on our childrens lives(look at all those obesse
babies)