Although I don’t watch Oprah very much, I do like to watch Oprah when Dr. Oz is on—and that cute interior designer, Nate.
I did watch part of a segment about “Blue Zones.”
Blue Zones is a project of a longevity researcher named Dan Buettner, who studies the regions of the world where people commonly live active lives—past the age of 100 years.
These longevity hot-spots include Sardinia, Italy; Loma Linda, California; and Okinawa, Japan.
In each of these communities, people have certain routines and peculiarities. Here are some of their lifestyle details:
In Sardinia, the indigenous people are culturally isolated, and they get constant moderate physical exercise. They eat fava beans, whole grain bread, they drink goat’s milk, and they also drink a special dark red wine that is high in polyphenol.
The people who live in Loma Linda have very active social lives—a lot of which are centered on faith. And they eat locally grown fresh nuts.
In Okinawa, they have no sense of time urgency. They consume a lot of soy. They don’t drink alcohol, and they eat a lot of tumeric.
Besides a common emphasis on family and eating a plant-based diet, guess what else they all share?
Yes. They all spend time in the sun and enjoy gardening.
Gardeners live longer!
We are so smart.
Gardeners may live longer, but in AZ, they also have to watch for skin cancer!
Aiyana
Posted by: Aiyana | April 11, 2009 at 04:52 PM
Ah, that's not surprising. Gardeners are constantly on t he move when they're gardening. It's good to know, although I don't really have any great desire to live such a long life span.
Posted by: kate | April 11, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Interesting, Chigiy! Can we take one from column A, one from column B, etc?
We'll volunteer to eat whole grain bread, turmeric, red wine and local pecans.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Posted by: Annie in Austin | April 17, 2009 at 03:38 PM
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Posted by: nicky0594 | May 07, 2009 at 02:02 AM
Just finished the Blue Zone book. I took notes & have decided to implement one new "Blue Zone" life-lengthening behavior or food into our lives each month. I already garden. Next change...turmeric.
Posted by: Jean M | May 12, 2009 at 06:35 PM
I think this problem is not completly solved.
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