Eaten in soups and stews, fava beans and chickpeas play an important part in the Sardinian diet, delivering protein and fiber. They are one of the foods most highly associated with reaching age ...

The Mediterranean diet may help prolong life by 6 years, says long life expert. Oct. 21, 2009— -- Could a diet of cheese, bread and wine be the secret to longevity? For the people of Sardinia ...

Sardinia has the world's highest concentration of centenarians and super-centenarians because of good genetics, healthy diet and active lifestyle.

A low-protein diet is the norm in Sardinia, a Blue Zone known for longevity. Here, registered dietitians weigh in on if it's actually a healthy way to eat.

Overall, the Sardinian diet until half a century ago followed the Mediterranean diet model, although there were large internal variants depending on local economy and use of land.

The team embarked on a global expedition to find communities where people not only lived longer but also maintained a high ...

The benefits of the traditional diet of Sardinia and the other five Blue Zones (i.e. the areas of the world characterized by a great longevity of the population) have been known and studied for ...

Genetics, quality of life, diet contribute to a Sardinian family's longevity. ROME, Aug. 22, 2012— -- Consolata Melis, whose family has been officially declared the longest-living family in ...

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Sardinia has long been a subject of research for the longevity of its residents, and the Mediterranean island has one of the highest rates of centenarians in the world. Diet is thought to be ...

The recipe was given to Buettner by one of the three brothers and six sisters of the Melis family of Perdasdefogu, Sardinia, which he said is the “longest living family in the world.” “There ...