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Eva - After reading your link to Limone Sul Garda, I think Ponce de Leon looked on the wrong continent for the Fountain of Youth. I was fascinated by the description of a genetic protein common in inhabitants of Limone that has been shown to increase longevity by working against heart disease. Scientists have actually traced it back to the marriage of two people in the 1500s, and because the area was so isolated until the mid-1900s, intermarriage actually kept the good proteins flowing through subsequent generations. Thanks for my medical/science lesson for the day!