senior citizen
06-16-2014, 06:04 AM
Could this work in The Villages??? (as it does on Ikarias)
''Wake naturally, work in the garden, have a late lunch, take a nap. At sunset, they either visited neighbors or neighbors visited them. Their diet was also typical: a breakfast of goat’s milk, wine, sage tea or coffee, honey and bread. Lunch was almost always beans (lentils, garbanzos), potatoes, greens (fennel, dandelion or a spinachlike green called horta) and whatever seasonal vegetables their garden produced; dinner was bread and goat’s milk. At Christmas and Easter, they would slaughter the family pig and enjoy small portions of larded pork for the next several months. ""
The doctor noted that ""the Ikarians’ diet, like that of others around the Mediterranean, was rich in olive oil and vegetables, low in dairy (except goat’s milk) and meat products, and also included moderate amounts of alcohol. It emphasized homegrown potatoes, beans (garbanzo, black-eyed peas and lentils), wild greens and locally produced goat milk and honey. ""
etc., etc., etc.
GRANTED, IT IS A LOT TO READ THE ENTIRE 7 PAGES....BUT WELL WORTH IT.......(LINK TO N.Y. TIMES ARTICLE IN EARLIER POST)
MANY MOONS LATER, WHEN OUR MAIN CHARACTER WENT BACK TO THE U.S. TO ASK WHY HIS DIAGNOSED LUNG CANCER HAD NEVER ADVANCED.................."THE DOCTORS WERE ALL DEAD".
''Wake naturally, work in the garden, have a late lunch, take a nap. At sunset, they either visited neighbors or neighbors visited them. Their diet was also typical: a breakfast of goat’s milk, wine, sage tea or coffee, honey and bread. Lunch was almost always beans (lentils, garbanzos), potatoes, greens (fennel, dandelion or a spinachlike green called horta) and whatever seasonal vegetables their garden produced; dinner was bread and goat’s milk. At Christmas and Easter, they would slaughter the family pig and enjoy small portions of larded pork for the next several months. ""
The doctor noted that ""the Ikarians’ diet, like that of others around the Mediterranean, was rich in olive oil and vegetables, low in dairy (except goat’s milk) and meat products, and also included moderate amounts of alcohol. It emphasized homegrown potatoes, beans (garbanzo, black-eyed peas and lentils), wild greens and locally produced goat milk and honey. ""
etc., etc., etc.
GRANTED, IT IS A LOT TO READ THE ENTIRE 7 PAGES....BUT WELL WORTH IT.......(LINK TO N.Y. TIMES ARTICLE IN EARLIER POST)
MANY MOONS LATER, WHEN OUR MAIN CHARACTER WENT BACK TO THE U.S. TO ASK WHY HIS DIAGNOSED LUNG CANCER HAD NEVER ADVANCED.................."THE DOCTORS WERE ALL DEAD".