The health secrets of the Hunza people who live over 100 years and are cancer-free

Hunza people live in Hunza river valley, in today's Pakistan, on the elevation of 2590m, surrounded by large mountains and almost isolated from the world. Hunza people do not suffer modern day diseases like cancer, they somehow have natural defense system from heart diseases, diabetes… Their life time goes up to 120 years old, It’s not a rare case that their women are giving birth in the70s and 80s. Among ages, they keep their vitality, health, and strength.

  

Hunza people eat only twice a day, rich breakfast early in the morning and dinner after the sunset.
Their diet is mostly made of:

Raw fruits ( apples, blackberries, cherries, pears, peaches, and apricots) and vegetables ( potatoes, carrots, turnips, squash)

Nuts, like hazelnuts, almonds and their oil derivatives

Milk, yogurt and cheese, and very rare meat. 

They also drink large amounts of pure mineral-rich glacial water and very little of anything else.
There is one unique part of their diet...apricot seed. They eat it in a large amount. Sead is rich with vitamins b17 and b20 and it is supposed that their intake of those vitamins is 200 times larger than average American. According to research apricots of Hunza Valley are said to be the key behind the absence of tumors. They also have one period of the year, usually, from two to four months they only live on the apricot juice.

Their lifestyle demands a lot of work in the field, so they are almost physically active whole day. Their philosophy of life is very simple. Yesterday has already passed, and tomorrow is still to come, so they enjoy living in present. There is a lot of things that we can adopt from them. Stress, unhealthy way of life, physical inactivity, obesity are common in today's world. It is time to stop for a second and to look around us. There is nothing more important than us and health is our greatest treasure.