The Blue Zones

I was reading an article this past weekend about a book called "The Blue Zones" by Dan Buettner. The author is a sociologist who began to study places in the world where people live much longer than in the rest of the world. Many of these people lived with a high quality of life way into their 100's.

The author found that there were similar characteristics to these people and the places where they lived so long. He found that they laughed much and took life less seriously than others, enjoyed work but did not over do the work, had a sense of community, were compassionate to others, and never ate more food than necessary. They got plenty of exercise and did not engage in drug use or tobacco use.

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