Let us share Ikarian stories with you. This being one of most told.
One story told to us, was of a Ikarian man named Stamatis who lived in the fishing village Karkinargi, On Island of Ikaria. Times were rough! There was little opportunity to make money, so many Ikarians moved to America . Stamatis was one of them, he stayed in America till he was in his 60's, sadly he was diagnosed with lung cancer, he visited 9 different Doctors who all told him the same thing, to get his affairs in order. Stamatis decided to go back to his beloved Island of Ikaria to wait to die.
Back in his village he resumed lifestyle of Ikarian way . Slowly something was happening to him, he began to feel stronger, more energetic, he planted his garden, tended to his olives, grapes, drank the local wines, cooked with the wild herbs & drank mountain tea's, socialized at the kafenios, danced to wee hours at the Panigeri's.
Many years had passed he decided, he must go back to America to share with Doctors what had happened to him. To his surprise he was unable to find any of his doctors.
"they had all died"
Stamatis returned home to Ikaria lived to a ripe old age 103.
Story recounted by
Georgiana Nikolopoulou
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