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

<p>Have you ever heard of The Blue Zones? It's a research study studying the habits of the world's longest living people. </p> <p> </p> <p>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: </p> <ul><li>Barbagia region of Sardinia – Mountainous highlands of inner Sardinia with the world’s highest concentration of male centenarians.</li> <li>Ikaria, Greece – Aegean Island with one of the world’s lowest rates of middle age mortality and the lowest rates of dementia.</li> <li>Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica – World’s lowest rates of middle age mortality, second highest concentration of male centenarians.</li> <li>Seventh Day Adventists – Highest concentration is around Loma Linda, California. They live 10 years longer than their North American counterparts.</li> <li>Okinawa, Japan – Females over 70 are the longest-lived population in the world.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>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: </p> <p>1. Move Naturally (movement)</p> <p>2. Purpose (right outlook)</p> <p>3. Downshift (right outlook)</p> <p>4. 80% rule (eat wisely)</p> <p>5. Lots of plants (eat wisely)</p> <p>6. Wine (eat wisely)</p> <p>7. Belong (connection)</p> <p>8. Loved ones first (connection)</p> <p>9. Right tribe (connection)</p> <p> </p> <p>Listen in to learn more about each of these habits. You can learn more at <a href='www.bluezones.com'>www.bluezones.com</a>, where I researched this episode.  </p>