Blue zones – Regions where people live exceptionally long lives (2016)
Blue Zones are regions where people live past 100. Dan Buettner identified 5 Blue Zones and 9 commonalities, like natural movement, purpose, and plant-based diets. These principles improved life expectancy and reduced obesity in US communities.
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Blue Zones are areas around the world where people live over 100 years old at high rates. Dan Buettner and his team identified 5 Blue Zones and distilled 9 commonalities, known as the Power 9, shared by these long-lived individuals. These include moving naturally, having a sense of purpose, downshifting stress, following the 80% rule when eating, emphasizing a plant-based diet, moderate wine consumption, belonging to a community, prioritizing loved ones, and being part of a supportive social circle. Each Blue Zone, such as Sardinia, Okinawa, Loma Linda, Nicoya, and Ikaria, has unique characteristics contributing to longevity, such as diet, social connections, and lifestyle habits. By adopting these principles, Blue Zones Project Communities in the United States have seen improvements in life expectancy and reduced obesity rates. The focus on lifestyle and environment over genetics has shown that longevity is largely influenced by how individuals live rather than their genes, offering insights into promoting healthier aging.
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7 comments"Authors’ Note: To join the Blue Zones mission, contact . More information about the project can be obtained at https://communities.bluezonesproject.com/. The authors disclose the following conflicts of interest: Dan Buettner is the CEO of Blue Zones and Sam Skemp works at Blue Zones as Program Manager."
"The number of supercentenarians in an area tends to fall dramatically about 100 years after accurate birth records are introduced" https://freakonomics.com/podcast/signs-of-progress-one-year-...
How many of these places have a sufficiently weak government as to permit pension fraud? Grandpa can "live" quite a long time if there's a paycheck rolling in every month.
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