There is nothing on earth currently, not a pill or a potion that will assist you in living any longer than is predetermined by nature. That is just how it is according to the explorer and author Dan Buettner, who wrote the popular book – The Blue Zone.
The important thing to understand here is that you do not require either a pill or a potion to attain a long life. Rather, you can educate yourself on the remarkable techniques of those persons who are residing in certain sectors of the planet he calls “Blue Zones,” places where people are living extraordinarily healthy and prolonged lives.
These folks have lifestyles with many common denominators like healthy nutrition and plenty of physical motion. However, it is still so much more than this alone, say Buettner, who has been a scribe for National Geographic and has been a guest on NBC’s Dateline program.
Individuals who reside in the blue zones have a sturdy familial connection and community links. Isolation is a killer according to Buettner. He and his crack team of research assistants have travelled the globe in search of these blue zones.
They were able to locate five specific areas: In the elevated regions of Sardinia just off the seaboard of Italy; Okinawa, Japan; the Greek isle of Ikaria; a population within the Seventh Day Adventists of California; and a part of Costa Rica that borders with Nicaragua.
What follows are some of the common factors between the people who reside in these areas:
• They do not get their exercise in a fancy gym somewhere, but rather they find exercise in their daily activity like gardening or farming.
• They do get stressed out occasionally just as we do; they have methods of handling it like utilizing prayer, taking regular naps or simply mingling with their friends at the close of a day to socialize over a few beverages.
Buettner himself is an advocate of the famous “happy hour” and he notes that moderate drinkers tend to outlive their teetotaler brethren.
• The blue zone inhabitants are more likely to have outside interests away from work. This may be something such as fishing, practicing martial arts or just playing with their grand children.
• They do not over do it with eating meat. Usually they eat meat in smaller portions and only several times per week. They also practice “push aways” – they stop eating before they are entirely stuffed.
• They are close to their families, both figuratively and physically. Elderly parents tend to live nearby their offspring and grandkids.
• They attend religious services regularly maintain faith-based community ties, be it temple, mosque or church.
Fri, Jan 29, 2010
Anti Aging, Anti Aging Theories, Lifestyle, Longevity