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Recently watched a few episodes about "The Blue Zone." Areas in the world where there are significantly long-lived citizens. I forget the name of the show or the creator, he's a world cyclist and into being healthy and fit.
He had some statistics on where the people who have very low or non-existent cardiovascular disease, diabetes, live into their 80s, 90s, 100s. He was trying to figure out what it was about these obscure locations that made for healthy lives.
The biggest thing above all is having healthy relationships with those in the community, being constantly involved with one another, but also a blend of being outside, gardening, fresh locally grown food, preparing food together, staying engaged with others...in one area he credited the way the wine was made, the purity of the honey, going to church and faith, another was the activity of the elderly (like the guy who was nearly 100 and still running around a horse, herding cattle), swimming, walking up and down hills in a higher elevation all day as well as living in small homes with 2+ levels. Being happy people was another factor. Really interesting program.
Of people you know who have lived a long time, what do you attribute their long lives to? Attitudes? Activities? Associates? Diet? Culture? Genetics?
These places were in Okinawa, Loma Linda (California), Ikaria (a Grecian island), Sardinia (an Italian island), and Nicoya (Costa Rica).
*edited a couple of spelling errors
He had some statistics on where the people who have very low or non-existent cardiovascular disease, diabetes, live into their 80s, 90s, 100s. He was trying to figure out what it was about these obscure locations that made for healthy lives.
The biggest thing above all is having healthy relationships with those in the community, being constantly involved with one another, but also a blend of being outside, gardening, fresh locally grown food, preparing food together, staying engaged with others...in one area he credited the way the wine was made, the purity of the honey, going to church and faith, another was the activity of the elderly (like the guy who was nearly 100 and still running around a horse, herding cattle), swimming, walking up and down hills in a higher elevation all day as well as living in small homes with 2+ levels. Being happy people was another factor. Really interesting program.
Of people you know who have lived a long time, what do you attribute their long lives to? Attitudes? Activities? Associates? Diet? Culture? Genetics?
These places were in Okinawa, Loma Linda (California), Ikaria (a Grecian island), Sardinia (an Italian island), and Nicoya (Costa Rica).
*edited a couple of spelling errors
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