Blue Zones are places around the world that have a high population of elderly people who live up to 100 years old. They don’t only age up to 100+ years old, they’re healthy! These people who are from different regions of the world live a healthy lifestyle, eat a plant-based diet, participate in daily physical activity, are part of society, and they live a stress-free life.
Apparently, the type of lifestyle they live is the key to a long, happy, and healthy life.
A few Blue Zones around the world are Okinawa, Japan, Sardinia, Italy, and Loma Linda,
California, USA. These three locations hold the highest population for healthy centenarians.
Centenarians living in these three different locations all live a different lifestyle, but they must be
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Dan Buettner traveled to these locations to find out the secret to life longevity.
One of the Blue Zones, Okinawa, holds the worldwide record of longevity and centenarians. According to Mishra (2009), “Ancient Chinese legends already called Okinawa
“the land of the immortals”.” I agree with that statement because Okinawa is the only place in the world where 80-90 year olds live like they are 30 years of age. Research shows that the two key factors to longevity in Okinawa are a healthy lifestyle and alimentation.
Vegetables grown in Okinawa are rich in polyphenol and vitamin c due to the volcanic soil. It’s a great source of dietary fiber and antioxidants. The older Okinawans eat four times more vegetables than the younger generation; Okinawans eat 300g of vegetables a day
Takamura, J.C. (1999). Getting ready for the 21st Century: The aging of America and the older
The purpose of this paper is to give the status of multicultural health on several diseases, and to give factors that influence multicultural health. Rationale for studying different cultures will be given and recommendations will be given for future research.
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genetic condition to have better lives and overall health in any way that they can. Genetic
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their health as excellent, good, or very good. -Health and mobility decline with age, especially after age 80. Disease is more common among older adults. - Most of the diseases of later life have their origin years earlier. -Income is related to the perception of health.
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Since they are older, they develop more health problems that cause them to use the health care system more.