The Italian village with the 'elixir' of healthy life -- where many locals are apparently blessed with great digestive abilities that allow them to stuff themselves with cream-filled cakes and greasy cold cuts without worrying about expanding waistlines.
It's a place of terraced lemon groves, a paradoxically warm mountain breeze, and a powerful fat-killing gene carried by a few lucky residents.
Many locals are apparently blessed with great digestive abilities that allow them to stuff themselves with cream-filled cakes and greasy cold cuts without worrying about expanding waistlines or heart problems. Cesare Sirtori, professor of clinical pharmacology at the Università degli Studi di Milano, leads the team that first identified what Limone locals dub the"elixir" protein, calling it A-1 Milano. He says the people of Limone have exceptionally low HDL cholesterol levels which appears to be the result of a genetic mutation within the protein carrier.
The gene was first identified in the blood of a Limone train driver, an ancestor of Segala, who had been involved in an accident in Milan and was taken to the hospital. Doctors who cured him were baffled by his astounding blood results, and kickstarted a massive screening campaign in the village. Sirtori is still hoping to analyze what happens if two carriers conceive a child. So far it's been either the father or mother of a carrier to pass on the gene.Sirtori says that this genetic mutation, and its associated health benefits, is unique to Limone -- and can't even be found in nearby villages. However, he isn't interested in digging into why that is.
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