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Readings Summary When you submit this form, it will not automatically collect your details like name and email address unless you provide it yourself.These are people over the age of 80 who have no chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, coronary disease or diabetes and who have never taken medication for these conditions.The main effect of this condition is to restrict the individual's growth to little more than a metre, but it also seems to protect them against both cancer and diabetes.It seems likely that it is an interaction of genes, the environment and ultimately a third factor beyond our control - luck.Even today, there are many, many people who have passed the landmark age of 100 - an age that seemed an impossible achievement only a few decades ago.In fact, there are now so many healthy, elderly people that a new term has been coined: the wellderly.The small village of Molochio in Calabria numbers about 2,000 inhabitants.In one small region there are a number of people with a genetic condition called Laron syndrome.

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4.A baby born today could live to be not only 100, but even 120 years old. Hard to believe? Apparently, there could be a gene for not only long life, but long and healthy life. Even today, there are many, many people who have passed the landmark age of 100 – an age that seemed an impossible achievement only a few decades ago. In fact, there are now so many healthy, elderly people that a new term has been coined: the wellderly. These are people over the age of 80 who have no chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, coronary disease or diabetes and who have never taken medication for these conditions.

The small village of Molochio in Calabria numbers about 2,000 inhabitants. And of these, there are at least eight centenarians. When researchers ask people like this what the secret of their long life is, the answer is invariably to do with diet and is almost always the same: ‘I eat a lot of fruit and vegetables.’ ‘A little bit, but of everything.’ ‘No smoking, no drinking.’

New research into long life, looking at groups of people who have a genetic connection, has taken scientists to Ecuador. In one small region there are a number of people with a genetic condition called Laron syndrome. The main effect of this condition is to restrict the individual’s growth to little more than a metre, but it also seems to protect them against both cancer and diabetes. Ultimately, those with Laron’s syndrome live longer than the rest of their families. Meanwhile, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, there’s a completely separate group of Japanese-American men who are particularly long-lived. And it turns out that they have a variant of the same gene as the Laron syndrome group.
So what really makes people live longer? It seems likely that it is an interaction of genes, the environment and ultimately a third factor beyond our control – luck.