Live long and eat garlic. In Greece, the island of Ikaria is renowned for the long lives of the people who live there. In fact, many people who live there have made it past the 100-year mark. How do they do it? The answer might be…garlic. Not only is it a staple in the food they cook, but many modern-day Ikarians swear by it for “folk medicine” as a “first resort for most ailments.”
Source: CNBC