Experts found one surprising fact in the mountains of Ecuador: Most people there, even the very old, consume a lot of coffee, drink large amount of alcohol, and smoke forty to sixty cigarettes daily!
However, the diets are similar in two general ways: (1) the fruits and vegetables that the inhabitants of the three areas eat are all natural; that is , they contain no chemicals; and (2) the people consume fewer calories than people do in other parts of the world. A typical North American takes in an average of 3,300 calories every day; a typical inhabitant of these mountainous areas, between 1,700 and 2,000 calories.