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7 Try the Italian secret to remaining so youthful

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SOUTH OF NAPLES, THE LONG-LIVED VILLAGERS OF ACCIAROLI – WHERE ONE IN 60 PEOPLE ARE 90 OR OLDER – ARE ACTING HALF THEIR AGE. NOT ONLY DO THESE SPRITELY ITALIANS ENJOY LONGEVITY WITH STRONGER BONES, FEWER CATARACTS AND EXCELLENT HEART HEALTH, THEIR MINDS ARE ALERT AND THEY HAVE A HEALTHY PREOCCUPAT­ION WITH SEX! SO WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES THEM SO FRISKY? RESEARCHER­S BELIEVE IT’S DOWN TO THEIR EXCEPTIONA­LLY GOOD BLOOD CIRCULATIO­N, PARTICULAR­LY THE MICROCIRCU­LATION IN THE TINY VESSELS THAT DELIVER NUTRIENTS AND REMOVE WASTE, MEANING THEIR BRAINS ARE MORE AKIN TO SOMEONE IN THEIR FIFTIES. THIS IS PARTLY HELPED BY STAYING ACTIVE THROUGH GARDENING, SOCIALISIN­G, PLUS THE FACT THAT YOU DON’T JUST POP NEXT DOOR TO SEE YOUR NEIGHBOUR HERE, YOU CLIMB ON ACCOUNT OF THE HILLY TERRAIN. THEN THERE’S THE HEALTHY MEDITERRAN­EAN DIET AND, IN PARTICULAR, THEIR PROLIFIC USE OF THE LOCAL HERB ROSEMARY, WHICH IS PACKED FULL OF COMPOUNDS THAT KEEP

THE BRAIN FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS. W&H

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