In the blue zones worldwide, what are common human longevity …

Dan Buettner is the team leader of "The Blue Zones" which is a longevity research project funded by National Geographic. They are studying human longevity in various cultures around the world. In his book "The Blue Zones", Dan Buettner outlines the healthy habits, the longevity diets and the cultural and familial values that each longevity society upholds.

The name for the project was coined after Dan's team happened to be using a blue marker to circle areas with high rates of human longevity on a map. A blue zone is specifically a geographical region somewhere in the world that has exceptionally high rates of longevity. For example, Okinawan longevity is the best in the world, per capita. One in 2,000 Okinawans can expect to make it past 100, whereas the average American has a 1 in 100,000 chance (according to statistics from 1990).

In Dan's book, he and his team cover four different blue zones across the globe. This was one of the best books I have ever read and I couldn't put it down. It combined both longevity statistics and facts about the people, their lifestyles and the histories of their regions. It also balanced it out with accounts of the teams adventures in the blue zones as well as interviews with many of the long-lived centenarians and even some super centenarians (people who have lived past the age of 110)! They visited the island of Sardinia, Italy; the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica; Loma Linda, California; and Okinawa, Japan.

~Emphasis on strong family values

~Strong community values

~Exclusively plant based diets (little to no animal products)

~Whole food lifestyles focused on fruits and veggies

~Antioxidants and anti-aging herbs are plentiful

~Daily benefits of physical exercise

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