The Amish really are a race of supermen

I guess it should come as no shock that the through isolating their gene pool, eating primarily organic and unprocessed foods and refraining from using modern pesticides have made the Amish super beings!

Actually its not freshly churned butter that makes the Amish superior and its not their knack for craftsmanship. Rather there is a genetic anomaly that is found in 5% of older members of the Pennsylvania Amish population.

This 5% only have one working copy (instead of two) of a specific gene (APOC3) that produces a protein that slows the breakdown of fats (triglycerides) circulating in the blood.

Scientists are already experimenting with new drugs that will target this gene.