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Amazonian tribe could hold the key to healthy ageing, study shows – Yahoo New Zealand News
Bolivia’s Tsimane indigenous people eat a diet rich in vegetables, fish and low-fat meat.
The Tsimane indigenous people of the Bolivian Amazon were already known to have among the healthiest hearts in the world. (Posed by a model, Getty Images)
“You’re only as old as you feel”, or so the saying goes.
Many people would like to be a little bit sharper, with our cognitive function naturally declining with age. An indigenous group in the Amazon may be the exception, however.
Scientists from the University of Southern California (USC) have reported how Bolivia’s Tsimane people maintain more…
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