Why People In One Mysterious Village Live to 100 Years Old

There’s a village in the mountains of southern China where living past 100 is unusually common. Researchers spent years testing the water, studying the soil, and analyzing residents’ DNA, looking for a hidden fountain of youth.

They didn’t find one. What they found is actually far more useful. Genes explain part of it, but the rest seems to come down to habits people there once picked up and never dropped.

We delve into what the research reveals about Bama, a unique place known as the longevity capital of the world. We separate the science from the miracle cures being pushed on desperate visitors, and look at why Bama’s oldest residents are still active in their nineties.

The upside is that none of it is for sale. Most of it you could start this week.

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