The Land of Hunza
How would you like to live in a land where cancer has not yet been invented? A land where an optometrist discovers to his amazement that everyone has perfect 20-20 vision? A land where cardiologists cannot find a single trace of coronary heart disease? How would you like to live in a land where no one ever gets ulcers, appendicitis or gout? A land where men of 80 and 90 father children, and there's nothing unusual about men and women enjoying vigorous life at the age of 120?
A place called Hunza, a tiny country hidden in the mountain passes of northwest Pakistan. Hunzakuts live 20,000 feet up in the mountains, almost completely out of touch with the rest of the world. The super health and resistance to degenerative disease which the Hunzakuts have enjoyed for 2,000 years.
The Hunza story is only on of the more dramatic examples of the miraculous health produced by a diet of fresh, natural unprocessed and unadulterated food.
The energy and endurance of the Hunzakuts can probably be credited as much to what they don't eat as what they do eat. Adult males of Hunza consume a little more than 1.900 calories daily, with only 50 grams of protein, 36 grams of fat, and 354 grams of carbohydrates. Both the protein and fat are largely of vegetable origin (Dr. Alexander Leaf, National Geographic, January, 1973). Of course, the carbohydrate that the Hunzakuts eat is complex carbohydrate found in fruits, vegetables and whole grains. In short, Hunzakuts eat mostly plants, eaten raw.
"The Happiest People on Earth". The Hunza have a certain relish and passion for life -- perhaps brought on to some extent by their daily rigorous exercise, simple diet & lifestyle.
