T4HE TRUE SECRET TO LONGEVITY

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2013/07/01/world/0701ROME06/0701ROME06-master675.jpg One Italian village may hold the secret to a long life - CBS News www.cbsnews.com/news/longevity-centenarians-italy-acciaroli... CBS News 56 mins ago - One Italian village may hold the secret to a long life ... And why does it have one of the world's highest concentrations of centenarians, people over 100 years old? ... One big reason some Americans live longer than others THE TRUE SECRET TO LONGEVITY The true secret to longevity to many is not a matter of levity.. Yet If everyone moved to Acciaroli, exercised and became less roly poly they might all live to 103 unlike their current destiny. Of course, they'd have to eat lots of veggies and fish and probably eschew or forego many a now favorite dish. But more importantly, ,they should copy the locals in these foreign lands by walking the walk and learning to talk-- almost all the time mainly by using one's hands-- as if t conducting music by the great Giuseppi* while making sure that tempos are not schleppy for then all the resulting exercise could add decades to their lives. HzL 9/7/16 *Giuseppe Verdi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈverdi]; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian opera composer. Verdi was born near ... When Italians Chat, Hands and Fingers Do the Talking By RACHEL DONADIOJUNE 30, 2013 Continue reading the main storyShare This Page Share Tweet Email More Save Video Italian Hand Gestures: A Short History Can Italians talk without using their hands? Gestures that insult, beg and swear offer a window into Roman culture. By Emiland Guillerme and Rachel Donadio on Publish DateJune 30, 2013. by Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times.Watch in Times Video » Embed ShareTweet ROME — In the great open-air theater that is Rome, the characters talk with their hands as much as their mouths. While talking animatedly on their cellphones or smoking cigarettes or even while downshifting their tiny cars through rush-hour traffic, they gesticulate with enviably elegant coordination. From the classic fingers pinched against the thumb that can mean “Whaddya want from me?” or “I wasn’t born yesterday” to a hand circled slowly, indicating “Whatever” or “That’ll be the day,” there is an eloquence to the Italian hand gesture. In a culture that prizes oratory, nothing deflates airy rhetoric more swiftly. Some gestures are simple: the side of the hand against the belly means hungry; the index finger twisted into the cheek means something tastes good; and tapping one’s wrist is a universal sign for “hurry up.” But others are far more complex. They add an inflection — of fatalism, resignation, world-weariness — that is as much a part of the Italian experience as breathing. Two open hands can ask a real question, “What’s happening?” But hands placed in prayer become a sort of supplication, a rhetorical question: “What do you expect me to do about it?” Ask when a Roman bus might arrive, and the universal answer is shrugged shoulders, an “ehh” that sounds like an engine turning over and two raised hands that say, “Only when Providence allows.” To Italians, gesturing comes naturally. “You mean Americans don’t gesture? They talk like this?” asked Pasquale Guarrancino, a Roman taxi driver, freezing up and placing his arms flat against his sides. He had been sitting in his cab talking with a friend outside, each moving his hands in elaborate choreography. Asked to describe his favorite gesture, he said it was not fit for print. In Italy, children and adolescents gesture. The elderly gesture. Some Italians joke that gesturing may even begin before birth. “In the ultrasound, I think the baby is saying, ‘Doctor, what do you want from me?’ ” said Laura Offeddu, a Roman and an elaborate gesticulator, as she pinched her fingers together and moved her hand up and down. Photo The politician Nicola Cosentino at a news conference in January. CreditGianni Cipriano for The New York Times On a recent afternoon, two middle-aged men in elegant dark suits were deep in conversation outside the Giolitti ice cream parlor in downtown Rome, gesturing even as they held gelato in cones. One, who gave his name only as Alessandro, noted that younger people used a gesture that his generation did not: quotation marks to signify irony. Sometimes gesturing can get out of hand. Last year, Italy’s highest court ruled that a man who inadvertently struck an 80-year-old woman while gesticulating in a piazza in the southern region Puglia was liable for civil damages. “The public street isn’t a living room,” the judges ruled, saying, “The habit of accompanying a conversation with gestures, while certainly licit, becomes illicit” in some contexts. In 2008, Umberto Bossi, the colorful founder of the conservative Northern League, raised his middle finger during the singing of Italy’s national anthem. But prosecutors in Venice determined that the gesture, while obscene and the cause of widespread outrage, was not a crime. Gestures have long been a part of Italy’s political spectacle. Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is a noted gesticulator. When he greeted President Obama and his wife, Michelle, at a meeting of the Group of 20 leaders in September 2009, he extended both hands, palms facing toward himself, and then pinched his fingers as he looked Mrs. Obama up and down — a gesture that might be interpreted as “va-va-voom.” In contrast, Giulio Andreotti — Christian Democrat, seven-time prime minister and by far the most powerful politician of the Italian postwar era — was famous for keeping both hands clasped in front of him. The subtle, patient gesture functioned as a kind of deterrent, indicating the tremendous power he could deploy if he chose to. Isabella Poggi, a professor of psychology at Roma Tre University and an expert on gestures, has identified around 250 gestures that Italians use in everyday conversation. “There are gestures expressing a threat or a wish or desperation or shame or pride,” she said. The only thing differentiating them from sign language is that they are used individually and lack a full syntax, Ms. Poggi added. Photo Nichi Vendola, a politician, punctuated an answer with a hand gesture.CreditGianni Cipriano for The New York Times Far more than quaint folklore, gestures have a rich history. One theory holds that Italians developed them as an alternative form of communication during the centuries when they lived under foreign occupation — by Austria, France and Spain in the 14th through 19th centuries — as a way of communicating without their overlords understanding. Another theory, advanced by Adam Kendon, the editor in chief of the journal Gesture, is that in overpopulated cities like Naples, gesturing became a way of competing, of marking one’s territory in a crowded arena. “To get attention, people gestured and used their whole bodies,” Ms. Poggi said, explaining the theory. Andrea De Jorio, a 19th-century priest and archaeologist, discovered comparisons between the gestures used by the figures painted on ancient Greek vases found in the Naples area and the gestures used by his Neapolitan contemporaries. Over the centuries, languages have evolved, but gestures remain. “Gestures change less than words,” Ms. Poggi said. Philosophers have long been preoccupied by gesture. In “The New Science,” the 18th-century Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico, who once taught rhetoric at the University of Naples, argued that gesture might have been the earliest form of language. By some accounts, the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein overhauled — or at least refined — his theory that language was used to establish truth, to inform, after the Italian economist Piero Sraffa responded to his theory with a single gesture: fingers brushing the chin, indicating “I don’t give a damn,” the classic antiauthority brushoff. Such a gesture does not convey information; it negates it. “It’s a rebellion against power,” Ms. Poggi said, “a way of reacquiring one’s own dignity.” One Italian village may hold the secret to a long life American and Italian scientists claim this week to have found a region in Italy where a remarkable proportion of the population is living into extreme old age. There is no doubting the natural beauty of Acciaroli on Italy’s southern coast, but this place is raising a number of questions: Why are the people here living well above Italy’s national average? And why does it have one of the world’s highest concentrations of centenarians, people over 100 years old? CBS News correspondent Seth Doane met some of the so-called “super-agers” in Acciaroli, who are living longer and healthier than ever before, like 88-year old Alfredo Vassallo who tends the town garden daily, or the rather spry 94-year-old Amina Fedullo. One big reason some Americans live longer than others Does Working Longer Increase Your Lifespan? Watch the full story on “CBS This Morning” at 7:40 a.m. ET. Who lives longest? CIA's top 20 nations for life expectancy 23 PHOTOS Who lives longest? CIA's top 20 nations for life expectancy © 2016 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. MailOnline US - news, sport, celebrity, science and health stories Home U.K. News Sports U.S. Showbiz Australia Femail Health Science Money Video Travel Columnists Latest HeadlinesSciencePicturesLogin FeedbackDailyMail Wednesday, Sep 7th 2016 8AM 83°F 11AM 84°F 5-Day Forecast +99 NEW ARTICLESTop Share Could this Italian province hold the secrets to long life? Firm buys DNA data of Ogliastra locals to find out why many live past 100 In Ogliastra, one in every 2,000 people celebrates their 100th birthday This is roughly five times the rate in most developed countries Tiziana Life Science has bought genetic data of residents It hopes to further understand how life expectancy is related to genetics By SHIVALI BEST FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 08:34 EST, 19 July 2016 | UPDATED: 11:39 EST, 19 July 2016 e-mail 66 shares 15 View comments While the average life expectancy worldwide is currently 71 years old, in one area of Sardinia, a huge number of residents are living past their 100th birthday. The reasons behind their longer lives are currently unknown, but scientists might soon be getting some answers. A British biotechnology company has bought the genetic data of almost 13,000 residents in the Ogliastra area of Sardinia, Italy, in the hopes of unravelling the mystery. In Ogliastra, roughly one in every 2,000 people lives to celebrate their 100th birthday. This is about five times the rate in most developed countries, such as the UK and USA +4 In Ogliastra, roughly one in every 2,000 people lives to celebrate their 100th birthday. This is about five times the rate in most developed countries, such as the UK and USA 10 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST LIFE EXPECTANCY 1. Monaco, 89.52 2. Japan, 84.74 3. Singapore, 84.68 4. Macau, 84.51 5. San Marino, 83.24 6. Iceland, 82.97 7. Hong Kong, 82.86 8. Andorra, 82.72 9. Switzerland, 82.50 10. Guernsey, 82.47 Tiziana Life Science, which is mainly focused on cancer and immune diseases, has bought biological samples of residents to create a 'biobank' of data. In Ogliastra, roughly one in every 2,000 people lives to celebrate their 100th birthday. This is about five times the rate in most developed countries, such as the UK and USA. To understand why this is the case, the company has bought more than 230,000 biological samples - such as frozen blood - from 12,600 residents. The samples have also been matched with medical reports, and official records such as death certificates dating back more than 400 years. Mr Gabriele Cerrone, Tiziana's chairman and founder told the Financial Times that he hoped the data will provide information on how a long life expectancy is linked to both genetics and the environment. Mr Cerrone said: 'Sardinia is renowned as one of only three regions in the world with an exceptionally high proportion of centenarians. 'The opportunity is to generate valuable insights into gene regulatory networks, genotype-phenotype linkage and gene-environment interactions that will feed into and inform our drug discovery and diagnostic programmes.'