In the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Bolivia the Tsimane, one of the most remote indigenous peoples on the continent, stand out for one thing.

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People here age more slowly than other populations and the older Tsimane enjoy exceptional vitality, as several scientific studies have shown. What is their secret? BBC News Mundo travelled to meet them.

00:00 Introduction
01:31 Meeting Martina
03:12 Studying the Tsimane
04:24 Is their diet the key?
06:40 Meeting Juan
07:03 The active lifestyle of the Tsimane
09:01 Meeting Fermin
10:53 The medical history of the Tsimane
12:49 How their way of life is changing

Video by Jorge Pérez Valery and Alejandro Millán

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