In this place, people eat fat all year round without fear of heart attack

Despite having an extremely anti-scientific diet, the people of Crete still lived well, not afraid of heart disease.

In the northern island of Crete (Greece), there is a village called Anogia. The village is always full of warm sunshine, beautiful scenery, but the most special thing here is that people live very long and healthy.

Crete is stunningly beautiful, and the people here are special.

Why is it special? If it is just longevity, Japan is also a country with a large number of elderly people. For one thing, people here have a completely antisocial diet - lots of fat and fat from animals, which are closely related to the risk of heart attack and the risk of premature death. Yet, they still live without any illness, and almost die because of their weak age.

The mystery of the Anogia villagers has caused science to suffer for many years. Then they finally discovered the reason: the people here have a special gene variant that helps fight the bad effects of fat and cholesterol. This gene is almost exclusively circulated among people on Crete.

Specifically, the experts conducted experiments on more than 3,200 islanders. As a result, they found that those carrying strange gene variants had an extremely low risk of cardiovascular diseases.

This is a finding that has a lot of potential, helping to bring new methods to treat cardiovascular diseases.

Eating all the fat-rich foods, but the Cretans still live long, live well.

According to Dr. Eleftheria Zeggini from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute (UK): "This finding helps us understand more about the biological mechanism of blood cholesterol - which is still considered to be harmful to health."

"This rare set of genes has the ability to protect the body from cardiovascular diseases. It will give us more opportunities to come up with new treatments more effectively."

However, Zeggini also said that this is just the beginning of a long journey, and it is not a ticket that allows you to eat scientifically.

"Even if the new treatment is applied, it is not a ticket for you to have anti-scientific eating. Heart disease is not only caused by genes, but also by factors from the environmental impact."

The study is published in Nature Communication.