FW: Village of Long Life

[Guest guest]

A gentleman named has sent this to me and and assured me that he is

not involved in any way with any product mentioned below. He says he's just

looking for information. He has asked me to post it for him to the group:

I understand the philosophy of diet restriction as a way to attain a long

life. My question concerns another approach to diet which seems to confer

the same benefits.

In November of 2000, ABC NEWS PrimeTime Thursday did a segment on what was

termed the " Village of Long Life " . In this remote Japanese village, none of

the elderly had wrinkled skin, arthritis or many of the other maladies of

old

age. The village doctor had researched this amazing situation and

attributed

their good health to the fact that their bodies had high levels of

Hyaluronic

Acid (HA). This, in turn, boosted collagen and contributed to overall good

health.

It is thought that the high HA levels came from something in the diet which

caused the body to produce considerable HA on its own. This diet item

appears to be one or three different types of unique potatoes/tubers. These

are eaten instead of rice, which the villagers cannot grow (terrain

difficulties).

Some companies manufacture HA supplements, but I have come across statements

by some who question the ability of oral HA to survive the assault of

stomach

acid and actually be absorbed by the body. If HA cannot be absorbed orally,

then we need to know what are the factors in these potatoes/tubers which

cause the body to create its own HA at high levels. I have not come across

anything that states that the potatoes/tubers are storehouses of actual HA.

Are you aware of any research regarding this village and the hypothesis

stated above? If information could be found, could it be incorporated into

your program? I am not sure whether this group could discuss HA or a

HA-catalyst oral supplement (since that would open discussions into other

anti-aging supplements), but I would think that at least the diet factor

might merit discussion.

Your comments would be appreciated.