What's a blue zone and am I living in one?


	What's a blue zone and am I living in one?
mmlee
7-20-2009 12:10 PM
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longevity, age, life, lifestyle, blue zone, dan buettner, people, health, old
mmlee says:
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    <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Okinawa, Japan </LI>
    <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Sardinia, Italy </LI>
    <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Loma Linda, Calif. </LI>
    <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica </LI>
  </UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blue-zone1.htm"><P>Although all are located in far-off corners of the world, members in each location's population have a higher chance of reaching a healthy age 90 than anywhere else on Earth. They also have higher percentages of centenarians, or people who've reached the age of 100.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blue-zone1.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/health.howstuffworks.com/img/D9E5E075-735C-4F39-921F-A5DE972DCA62" alt="A fish farm in Sardinia, Italy, where diners enjoy a midday meal on a Sunday, has been in the same location since the fifteenth century." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blue-zone1.htm">Experts visiting these areas have studied and interviewed the citizens of blue zones, and what they've found is that people living inside them don't take pills, <A href="http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/question129.htm">vitamins</A> or supplements to increase their life span. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blue-zone1.htm">Dan Buettner</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blue-zone1.htm">"The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest." They are:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blue-zone1.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Move naturally </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blue-zone1.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Cut <A href="http://health.howstuffworks.com/calorie.htm">calories</A> </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blue-zone1.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Avoid meat and processed foods </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blue-zone1.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Drink <A href="http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/alcohol.htm">alcohol</A>, especially <A href="http://health.howstuffworks.com/red-wine.htm">red wine</A>, in moderation </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blue-zone1.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Maintain a positive outlook on life </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blue-zone1.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Reduce <A href="http://health.howstuffworks.com/how-stress-works.htm">stress</A> </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blue-zone1.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Belong to a community </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blue-zone1.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Keep family first </LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blue-zone1.htm"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Surround yourself with people who have similar blue zone values </LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0CCAD25D-9CF5-45CE-95D2-C8C1B2C37A04/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>