COMMUNITY HEALTH INTITAITVE THAT COULD BE EXPANDING....THE BLUE ZONES PROJECT IS THE BRAINCHILD OF DAN BUETTNER....A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPLOROER WHO HAS SPENT YEARS IDENTIFYING PLACES AROUND THE WORLD WHERE PEOPLE LIVE LONG HEALTHY LIVES....AND THEN FIGURING OUT WHY? WHATS THE COMMON DENOMINATOR....NOW HE'S BRINGING THAT KNOWLEDGE TO COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE U.S. "PEOPLE IN BLUE ZONES EAT MOSTLY A PLANT BASED DIET, THEY ARE NUDGED INTO MOVING EVERY TWENTY MINUTES . MOVE NATURALLY BECAUSE THEIR LIVES ARE UNDERPINNED WITH PURPOSE, THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY THE RIGHT TRIBE OF PEOPLE, PLANT BASED PEOPLE, WHO'S IDEA OF RECREATION IS MOVING AND THEY LIVE IN A CITY OR CIMMUNITY WHERE MAKING THE HEALTHY CHOICE IS THE EASY CHOICE." IN A NUTSHELL .... THATS THE BLUE ZONES BLUEPRINT....FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINE AND YOUR CHANCES OF LIVING A LONG HEALTHY LIFE ARE MUCH IMPROVED.... SALINAS VALLEY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND MONTAGE HEALTH HAV SPEARHEADED THE MOVEMENT HERE... STARTING FIRST IN SALINAS WITH A KICK OFF LAST SUMMER..... AND NOW LOOKING TO EXPAND TO THE MONTEREY PENINSULA..... 1:25 - WHEN SALINAS VALLEY BROUGHT THE IDEA OF BLUE ZONES TO US IT WAS A NATURAL FIT TO THE WORK WE WERE ALREADY DOING TOGETHER. 2:05-2"19 THOSE OF US IN HEALTH CARE KNOW THE BETTER WAY TO DELIVER HEALTHCARE IS TO HELP PEOPLE STAY HEALTHY , TO SUPPORT PEOPLE GETTING HEALTHCARE IN TEH RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND NOT WAITING UNTIL THEY ARE WALKIGN INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM. CREATING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE ITS EASY TO MAKE THE HEALTHY CHOICE.... IS A LONG TERM COMMUNITY INVESTMENT ...BUT ITS ONE THAT HEALTH EXPERTS SAY WILL PAY BIG DIVIDENDS ....BLUE ZONES FOUNDER DAN BUETTNER HAS BEEN HERE FIVE TIMES IN THE LAST YEAR...TUESDAY HE WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER BEFORE A CROWD OF MORE THAN 650 AT MONTAGE HEALTH'S ANNUAL LUNCHON...... PREACHING PATIENCE, PERSEVERNECE AND THE POWER OF A COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER FORA COMMON GOAL.. 7:16 THE IDEA GETS CULTURED SLOWLY BUT ONCE IT DOES, WHEN YOU HAVE THE TANKER MVOING THIRTY FORTYY MILES AN HOUR THEN ITS UNSTOPABLE BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY TO GET THE TANKER MOVING. ### . SALINAS VALLEY MEMORIAL AND CHOMP HAVE PARTNERED TOGETHER TO FIRST START THE BLUE ZONES PROJECT HERE...IN SALINAS AND LOOKIGN TO EXPAND TO THE PENNISULA. NEXT WEEK THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE. ITS FREE BUT YOU ARE ASKED TO RSVP AT MONTAGE HEALTH.ORG -SLASH- BLUEZONES ###

Blue Zone project aimed at healthy living looks to expand to Monterey Peninsula

Updated: 4:49 PM PST Feb 21, 2020

"People in blue zones eat mostly a plant based diet, they are nudged into moving every twenty minutes, move naturally because their lives are underpinned with purpose, they are surrounded by the right tribe of people, plant based people, whose idea of recreation is moving and they live in a city or community where making the healthy choice is the easy choice, said Dan Buettner, Blue Zones explorer. In a nutshell, that's the blue zones blueprint. If those guild lines are followed one's chances of living a long healthy life are much improved.Salinas Valley Health Care System and Montage Health have spearheaded the movement on the Central Coast, starting first in Salinas with a kick off last summer. Now, the organization is looking to expand to the Monterey Peninsula.Creating environments where its easy to make the healthy choice is a long term community investment but its one that health experts say will pay big dividends. Blue Zones founder Dan Buettner has been here five times in the last year. Tuesday he was the keynote speaker before a crowd of more than 650 at Montage Health's annual luncheon, preaching patience, perseverance and the power of a community working together for a common goal.

"People in blue zones eat mostly a plant based diet, they are nudged into moving every twenty minutes, move naturally because their lives are underpinned with purpose, they are surrounded by the right tribe of people, plant based people, whose idea of recreation is moving and they live in a city or community where making the healthy choice is the easy choice, said Dan Buettner, Blue Zones explorer.

In a nutshell, that's the blue zones blueprint. If those guild lines are followed one's chances of living a long healthy life are much improved.

Salinas Valley Health Care System and Montage Health have spearheaded the movement on the Central Coast, starting first in Salinas with a kick off last summer. Now, the organization is looking to expand to the Monterey Peninsula.

Creating environments where its easy to make the healthy choice is a long term community investment but its one that health experts say will pay big dividends. Blue Zones founder Dan Buettner has been here five times in the last year.

Tuesday he was the keynote speaker before a crowd of more than 650 at Montage Health's annual luncheon, preaching patience, perseverance and the power of a community working together for a common goal.

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