Blue zones, places home to an unusual number of centenarians, are looked to for their secrets to living healthier lives – but ...

These are the five original Blue Zones: Okinawa, Japan: An island off the coast of Japan Sardinia, Italy: A mountainous part of an Italian island in the Mediterranean Ikaria, Greece: A small Greek ...

Over the years, longevity expert Dan Buettner has explored Blue Zones, areas of the globe where local residents continue to ...

People from Ikaria, Greece, live about eight years longer than US citizens, on average, largely without dementia. While they ...

The five original "Blue Zones" – the places in the world with the healthiest, longest-living populations – included Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Ikaria, Greece ...

The five blue zone locations he pinpointed are: Ikaria, Greece Loma Linda, California Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica Okinawa, Japan Sardinia, Italy It has been suggested that people in these five ...

Study: The Cholesterol Paradox in Long-Livers from a Sardinia Longevity Hot Spot (Blue Zone). Image Credit: Naeblys / Shutterstock A recent study published in the journal ...

“Sardinia is one of the rare Blue Zones in the world, which means people are more likely to live to 100 years old. This, of course, is because of many factors, but one in particular is the diet.