Blue Zones
Nicole Conger
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Blue Zones are places around the world where the average lifetime is exceptionally higher than normal. After studying these five locations (Ikaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan; Ogliastra Region, Sardinia; Loma Linda, California; Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica) scientists came up with nine lifestyle factors that were the same in all of these places. Books have since been published encouraging people to follow this lifestyle to live a longer, happier life.
The nine lessons that scientists have learned from these areas are - move naturally, purpose, downshift, 80 percent rule, plant slant, wine at five, right tribe, community, and loved ones first. What’s interesting about these nine things is that they’re simply. Many centenarians didn’t pursue longevity, they lived their lives to the fullest and “forgot to die along the way”().
Extreme diets and exercise don’t last but within these communities people found a way to live their life between the two extremes.
Buettner, Dan. The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living like the World's Healthiest People. National Geographic Partners, 2017.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6125071/
Do you think that these communities' longevity is based on their ancestors/genetics?
How easy or difficult would it be to incorporate the nine lifestyle factors into your adult life?
Do you know anyone who has lived to be 100?
I do not know anyone who has live to be 100, but that would cool though, I hope I do but I don't really want to do all the lifestyle stuff that these people do. - Steven Solomon
ReplyDeleteI think that genetics do have a bit of a factor in longevity, but it seems like it's more based on how you live your lifestyle and the things you do. I don't know anyone who has lived to be 100, but pretty close. -Campbell Marino
ReplyDeleteThis was really interesting. I think genetics is a factor but mindset and your environment changes your health drastically. It would be really interesting to see how much our country would change if we were to incorporate these nine lessons.
ReplyDeleteI think that some of the communities' longevity is based on their ancestors/genetics, but there could also be some other factors. I think it would be difficult, at first, to incorporate the nine lifestyle factors into our adult lives, but could become easier as we get used to it if we choose to. I do not know anyone who has lived to be 100 years old.
ReplyDelete-Kevin Gu
I think that these communities' longevity is more based on the lifestyle that they live than their genetics. I think incorporating these lifestyle factors might be difficult to adjust to at first but they would be fine after you get used to it. I don't know anyone who has lived to be 100. -Joe Panthalani
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting that 5 different places that have a longer average life span developed around the world and happened to have very similar lifestyles that contributed to a longer life. I always used to think that life spans were primarily based on genetics, but it was surprising to find out that genetics contribute to only 20% of how long you live.
ReplyDeleteCharles Poe
For who ever was curious about the elevation points here they are. Ikaria, Greece- 3,402ft Okinawa, Japan- 1,650ft Ogliastra Region, Sardinia- 2,297ft Loma Linda, California- 1,165ft Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica- 400ft. For reference St. Louis has an elevation of 466ft. -Nicole Conger
ReplyDeleteI think it would be absolutely incredible to be able to live naturally! I would love nothing more than to live in a cabin with the people that I love and get my food from hunting and gathering. No technology and no connections to what is going on in the world around me would be spectacular. I know one person that lived to be close to 100, and she never smoked and occasionally drank and was the most loving woman until her final years. -Kendall Dees
ReplyDeleteI think that having blue zones in the world is every interesting. These people do not try to live longer however they do which is so weird. I do not know anyone that has lived to be 100, I have had family members that have lived to be really high 90s. Genetics, in my opinion, do play a large part because breast cancer can run in families and can test for it. Disease like that do play a role in longevity in ones life.
ReplyDeleteSophia Becklenberg
I would prefer to live a long time, but I personally dislike some of the lifestyle changes I would have to make.
ReplyDeleteColin McQueen
I wouldn't want to incorporate all those lifestyle changes into my day to day life but I find it interesting that those factors contribute to the blue zones.
ReplyDeleteLannah Parker
I have never known anyone personally that has made it to 100 years old, but I know people that do. I think it would be hard for me to incorporate the diet mainly because im lazy and its easier to be unhealthy. I think that this was really interesting and I didnt know about blue zones before.
ReplyDelete-sarah lachance
I had a friend whos Grandma lived to 104 years old and when we would ask her how she lived so long she would say "because I go with the flow" and this shows how her lifestyle of not stressing and "going with the flow" helped her live longer.
ReplyDelete-Erik E
DeleteThis Really shows info to us on how simply keeping a good mind set and eating healthy with balanced exercise drastically increases life spans of those who do those things. if others follow this population may not fluctuate as much
ReplyDelete-Ryan Smith
this is very fascinating to me because its cool to see how something that has been kind of stumbled upon came about and now we realize the importance of it and see how others live their lives so much more differently- Maddie Silk
ReplyDeleteMy great grandma lived to be 100 -sophia
ReplyDeleteI don't know anyone that lived to be a 100 years old. I think that this was really interesting because I never knew about blue zones before.
ReplyDeleteI have a auntie that is 98 this year.-Takia
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather lived to 94, close enough right? He died a while back. In terms of incorporate their lifestyle into mine, id say would be rather difficult. Im very bad a schedules and routines and that will be the reason i wont live to 120. I think genetics play a good role when it comes to their health. If you are super healthy and take care of yourself, i would have to assume your offspring would have better genetics that the people who didnt take so good care of themselves
ReplyDeleteKornell Smith
my step father lived to be 94 and passed away last week :( he lived an interesting live and even played for the St. Louis Brown before he went to war in Korea
ReplyDeleteElla Clemens
my sisters graandma lived untill she was 103 thar is a long time but if i do that stuff i live even longer
ReplyDeleteRyan Carter