Welcome • User Guide
ToS • Privacy • Canary
Donate • Bugs • License

©2025 Poal.co

293

There are five blue zones where researchers have found people live the longest, active and medication free lives. In fact, people in the Blue Zones have as many as 4 times the number of centenarians (>100 years old) as the US. The US has only 1.73 centenarians for every 10,000 people. The Blue Zone locations are:

* Sardinia, Italy
* Okinawa Japan
* Icaria, Greece
* Loma Linda, California
* Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica .

In Icaria, remarkably, almost one out of three people make it to their 90s and cancer, heart disease and dementia are nearly non-existent.

Some of the hallmarks of the Blue Zones are:

* Primarily plant based diet
* Meat (especially red meat) is only eaten a few times a month
* Many dishes contain healthy servings of beans
* Plants are indigenous -- and free of pesticides
* Dishes made w/ locally grown herbs
* In the Med, dishes include healthy doses of local Olive Oil
* No processed food and no snacking
* Sunny locale ensures plenty of Vitamin D
* Sugar is mostly consumed from fruits
* Obesity is virtually non-existent

Remaining active is also key in these areas. Most people over 90 still work, with many holding jobs after 100. The low stress, tight knit community is a also key factor in longevity in the Blue Zones.

.

Read about it here:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/04/11/398325030/eating-to-break-100-longevity-diet-tips-from-the-blue-zones

https://www.bluezones.com/

.

View some of the recipes here:

https://www.bluezones.com/blue-zones-kitche

.

NIH/Pubmed has many studies that conclude reduced and or meat-free diets extend longevity. Here's one study that shows a large population (monitored over several years) where 12% fewer vegetarians died from all cause mortality:

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/vegetarian-diets-linked-lower-mortality

There are five blue zones where researchers have found people live the longest, active and medication free lives. In fact, people in the Blue Zones have as many as 4 times the number of centenarians (>100 years old) as the US. The US has only 1.73 centenarians for every 10,000 people. The Blue Zone locations are: * Sardinia, Italy * Okinawa Japan * Icaria, Greece * Loma Linda, California * Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica . In Icaria, remarkably, almost one out of three people make it to their 90s and cancer, heart disease and dementia are nearly non-existent. Some of the hallmarks of the Blue Zones are: * Primarily plant based diet * Meat (especially red meat) is only eaten a few times a month * Many dishes contain healthy servings of beans * Plants are indigenous -- and free of pesticides * Dishes made w/ locally grown herbs * In the Med, dishes include healthy doses of local Olive Oil * No processed food and no snacking * Sunny locale ensures plenty of Vitamin D * Sugar is mostly consumed from fruits * Obesity is virtually non-existent Remaining active is also key in these areas. Most people over 90 still work, with many holding jobs after 100. The low stress, tight knit community is a also key factor in longevity in the Blue Zones. . Read about it here: https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/04/11/398325030/eating-to-break-100-longevity-diet-tips-from-the-blue-zones https://www.bluezones.com/ . View some of the recipes here: https://www.bluezones.com/blue-zones-kitche . NIH/Pubmed has many studies that conclude reduced and or meat-free diets extend longevity. Here's one study that shows a large population (monitored over several years) where 12% fewer vegetarians died from all cause mortality: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/vegetarian-diets-linked-lower-mortality

(post is archived)

You are currently inside a comment thread.
Click here to see all the comments (55).
[–] • -1 pt

NPR didn't identify the Blue Zones, other researchers did. All I did is link an NPR article (which is well written). Go to the actual Blue Zones site to get the detailed info. It's not owned by NPR or affiliated with NPR.

[–] • 2 pts

Zones do not count unless you eliminate DNA effects for each region and/or have very detailed telomere measurements across time.

Lifespan is based on telomere and longest lifespan is actually based on being obese if counting only all-cause mortality and AVERAGE lifespan. Tens of millions of dollars of science papers on this. Fat people who eat meat live the longest.

All your silly blue zones show is DNA genetics.

Worse, your silly blue zones use CORRELATION not CAUSATION studies.

It would make a scientist weep.

[–] • 0 pt

incorrect

[–] • 0 pt

You are obviously not a scientist. It most certainly is just a map of DNA genetics for lifespan.

[–] • 0 pt (edited )

Telomere length is only one factor in determining longevity. It's not the only one. And I sure you are aware that 2/3 of your health is due to lifestyle and not genetics.