Taking a Look at Blue Zones

Most of us work hard to live a long, happy and healthy life, but unfortunately Dan Buettner said that "Our country's life expectancy is only 78 years old." How did you lose 12 years of life? Buettner tried to answer this question in his speech; but let's clarify, our genetics only plays a small role in this regard. In the twin studies in Denmark, we realized that genetics has only 10% impact on our lifetime and 90% others are what we control. It is a myth.

Dan Buettner has investigated the world's longest healthy place ("blue area"). "And think" you know "your target sense value for a life expectancy of up to seven years. "Healthy elderly, participation after retirement, especially after retirement may become difficult as the aging, meaningful activities such as volunteer, mentoring and mentoring are common among elderly people, Because these activities will help to meet the "creative" needs created by psychologist Erik Erikson.

You may have heard of Blue Zones and / or Power 9® (Power 9 is a registered trademark of Blue Zones, LLC). The blue area is a place where people around the world live longer. Middle-aged people with preventable diseases such as heart disease and adult onset type (type 2) diabetes and premature death have a lower incidence. In these areas, hundreds of millions of people lived in 10 billion people. Dan Buettner is a researcher at National Geographic and has spent over longevity research for over 10 years. His research shows that through the funds and participation from the National Geography and the National Aging Institute there are nine common features in the "Blue Zone" community, now known as "Power 9®" .

Bob Fagen is the mayor of Spencer, Spencer is a very conservative town, but in Iowa state it is the first city to become a blue zone certified city. As his kidneys failed, he used these very simple blue zone ideas. At the same time, renovation works are taking place in his town, making it easier to walk out and leave the junk food. He adopted a plant-based diet, joined Moai and made other changes. He asked the doctor to promise that if he made a change in all these blue zones, he could cancel the five medication he took for kidney disease. His doctor said, "Okay, I have to check you in 6 months and if you have sustained kidney disease you will take these medicines again." Then he got involved in all city officials. In only a year, he learned that the medical expense of urban employees has decreased by 25% thanks to the Blue Zone.