The Tsimane people, a remote tribe of the Bolivian Amazon, have the healthiest arteries ever studied. Coronary atherosclerosis in the Tsimane is five times less common than in the US.
An 80-year-old from the Tsimane has the same vascular age as an American in his mid-fifties. This is probably because the Tsimane survive on a diet low in saturated fats and high in non-processed foods. Modern life-styles as well as loss of subsistence diets are new risk factors for hearts disease. However, modern society can learn from the Tsimane people and reduce the risk of heart disease.
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