[51] Habits of the world's longest living people - Wellness Wednesday

Have you ever heard of The Blue Zones? It's a research study studying the habits of the world's longest living people. 

 

The study found 5 pockets of people around the world with the highest life expectancy, or with the highest proportions of people who reach age 100. Those places are: 

• Barbagia region of Sardinia – Mountainous highlands of inner Sardinia with the world’s highest concentration of male centenarians.
• Ikaria, Greece – Aegean Island with one of the world’s lowest rates of middle age mortality and the lowest rates of dementia.
• Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica – World’s lowest rates of middle age mortality, second highest concentration of male centenarians.
• Seventh Day Adventists – Highest concentration is around Loma Linda, California. They live 10 years longer than their North American counterparts.
• Okinawa, Japan – Females over 70 are the longest-lived population in the world.

 

They looked for common denominators among these people to learn how others could adopt their lifestyles in order to live longer, healthier lives. They found 9 Lifestyle habits within 4 categories: 

1. Move Naturally (movement)

2. Purpose (right outlook)

3. Downshift (right outlook)

4. 80% rule (eat wisely)

5. Lots of plants (eat wisely)

6. Wine (eat wisely)

7. Belong (connection)

8. Loved ones first (connection)

9. Right tribe (connection)

 

Listen in to learn more about each of these habits. You can learn more at www.bluezones.com, where I researched this episode.