Traditional “hunter-gatherer” and “horticulturalist” populations have significantly lower age-related increases in blood pressure and less risks of atherosclerosis than “modernized” populations. Lifestyle factors of these traditional populations — high physical activity and high fruit and vegetable diets — may protect against normal aging phenomena, high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries. Hunter-gatherers and forager-horticulturalists who live off the land and grow what they need to survive have lower age-related increases in blood pressure and less risks of atherosclerosis