The evolution of the last fifty years have been significant. Only individual awareness is able to avoid the negative effects of development on our health. The food has become accessory while it is essential to our wellbeing. It is annexed by strong and contradictory tendencies in society. You want to reach or exceed 100? Live and eat like people in the "blue zones". Define as an area where people live most hundred year and over, five regions in Europe, America and Asia with the highest concentrations of centenarians in the world are locate as “blue zone”. This is anyway Dan Buettner assertion "explorer” at National Geographic, after hundreds of meetings and interviews with old solid people in the world. They are not only centenarians, but they …show more content…
Shortly, they eat to nourish and the have a high physical activity. My community
Lawson Drackey 2 here in Fredericksburg we are very far from “Sardaine”, mountains in Costa Rica, Nicoya peninsula, “Okinawan” or the Island of “Ikaria” in Greece. People of my community have not necessarily habits as people of "blue zones" but not the worst acceptable regarding their way of living and eating habits.
Classified tourist town, Fredericksburg is a little country in Virginia. Despite modernity,
Fredericksburg keeps a picture of the old cities. Here is a quiet and small community of elderly people and pensioners who share daily life with young people and children. This cohabitation between generations is one of the features of this city. I admire this community for the efforts of each person to keep in shape. It looks like they all know about the "blue zones". I could perceive each morning and going to work and each evening on returning from my work people jogging on the sidewalk for those who could still do it and for others who could not just walk and take the fresh air. Every morning in Fredericksburg, we could see the elderly come to walk for hours in the Spotsylvania mall and other group sitting around the coffee to discuss. All this shows a
Fredericksburg was the meeting place of the Armies of the Potomac and of Northern Virginia because of political pressure for the Union to achieve a decisive military victory. Winfield Scott’s Anaconda plan, which would have strangled the Confederacy into surrender through economic warfare, was overshadowed by impatience in Washington D.C., and by the aspirations of officers who were students of the grand Napoleonic victories that occurred less than a century prior.
...end in December to celebrate the winter holidays. Besides the annual celebrations, there are much more recreation activities that are available year-round. A Veteran’s Memorial is located in J.F. Gregory Park where families come to remember the men and women who fought in the many wars. Also, behind the park, a Georgia Colonial Coast Birding Trail and three-mile nature trail is open to anyone who wishes to enjoy the local nature’s beauty. Visitors can observe the numerous different species of animals and plants and obtain a great workout while doing so. Many people also enjoy fishing in the nearby ponds. Richmond Hill has gone through prosperity and poverty, but has still persevered over the years to maintain a beautiful and safe environment for everyone to enjoy. Richmond Hill is truly a city with a remarkable history behind it and an amazing future ahead of it.
In Nightingale Square, for social agencies there is a Sentinel City Senior Living Center and for dentists there is a Smile Dentistry. For parks, there is a recreational park that has a tennis ball and basketball court with residents playing on both courts.
Stepping out from the entrance to see the near acre filled with multiple buildings all looking as if they had been there since the town inception really drew me into the mindset of how different life must have truly been, this fact was cemented for me when I went inside the school house that seemed to be lost into time and yet had a charm that allowed me to imagine the wooden rows filled with little children as they tried to learn in such a warm building. Of all the buildings that I was able to see I found myself drawn to the workshop in the corner next to the wash house that held the tools and instruments they would use at that time period, I could have spent several hours learning about how they would use each tool and watching it in practice of it was possible. I was very grateful that the people of Fredericksburg were able to save this piece of history for people to explore as it really made me excited to see the lifestyles of the early
the Lower East Side, because it was the only place one could arrive and not have
modifying our food sources so they may grow more in abundance, and nurture an overall healthier
therefore, many people live beyond the age of sixty five, forming a bigger percentage of a given
locations have found the balance to achieve a long lived life. In these places the people are the
healthy diets the people of the Blue Zones have been on have been diets they’ve maintained their
This essay will explain both sides of the views and using critical thinking will uncover the real message the author intended to portray.
Evidence shows that in places referred to as Blue Zones. Blue Zones were found around 2005 by Dan Buettner as he was analyzing that the American lifespan was, on average, 72 years, but there were some people living to well over 100. Buettner teamed up with National Geographic and had a list of criteria they used to searched the world. In the end they discovered places they called the Blue Zones. Additions to these zones have been since made. Originally, they found Barbagia Region of Sabrinia, Ikaria, Greece, Nicoya Peninsula Costa Rica, Seventh Day Adventists California, and Okinawa. Each of these places had exceptionally high mortality rates. And all of these places exhibited nine common challenges when considering geriatric health. The first one was moving naturally. “They didn’t pump iron or run marathons but their environments urged them to get up and do things without thinking about it.” (Buettner) Another one of the things on the list was that they had social norms that put family first as a priority and that healthy eating was encouraged (Buettner). They do not have all the shortcuts that technology offers. A Grecian man lives with his daughter and granddaughter, ages 80 and 60 respectively. He wakes up every morning and has to cut down the foliage that has grown over the night, keeping him active and healthy. He lives in a Blue Zone and due to a lack of a birth certificate, his age is unknown, but is still
neighborhood and community are very diverse; this has helped shape me due to the fact that I see how some people suffer and work so hard. I have learned not to take the
Living in this type of community has caused me to not know what I would like to be when I grow up. Despite this, my community has influenced me to aspire to go to college, where I would have many more experiences, see more
Imagine walking into a small, local coffee shop; what is the first thing that comes to mind? Maybe it’s the pungent aroma of coffee beans, or perhaps it is the sound of quiet jazz music playing softly overhead. Perhaps people even appear in this vision. Who are these fellow coffee dwellers, and what is it that they have to say? The answer to this question happens to be quite inspiring.
I believe that parents, caregivers, or anyone that has contact with a toddler should know about what nutrition they need and why local produce is better for the toddler. I choose toddler’s nutrition because in psychology class, we are studying their development, so something as simple as what fruits and vegetables they eat can affect all points throughout the toddler’s life. In addition, my sister is pregnant so as the aunt of the child, I feel I have the responsibility in helping my younger sister and teaching her nutrition for her baby. After researching, I know that feeding local produce to my niece or nephew when they become toddlers is vital and can, enhance their development. So let’s learn about toddle...