Blue Zones
the blue zone food guidelines #1, ensure that your diet is 90% plant-based #2 retreat from meat #3 go easy on fish #4 reduced dairy #5 cut down on eggs #6, eat a daily dose of beans #7 eliminate sugar #8 snack on nuts #9 sour bread #10 go whole #11 drink mostly water If you haven't watched the new Netflix special by Dan Buettner you need to watch it. The intro reads: Life expectancy of an American born today averages 78.2 years. But this year, over 70,000 Americans have reached their 100th birthday. What are they doing that the average American isn’t? To answer the question, we teamed up with National Geographic to find the world’s longest-lived people and study them. We knew most of the answers lied within their lifestyle and environment (The Danish Twin Study established that only about 20% of how long the average person lives is determined by genes). Then we worked with a team of demographers to find pockets of people around the world with the highest life expectancy, or with the highest proportions of people who reach age 100. And he has many books on this and recipe books as well. Here is a summary of what he discovered at his website below. https://www.bluezones.com/2016/11/power-9/ He talks alot about ikigai, which is an interesting concept. “Ikigai” is a Japanese concept that combines the terms “iki” meaning “life” and “gai” meaning “value” or “worth”. It refers to the reason for being, or the purpose of life. According to Japanese psychologist Michiko Kumano, ikigai is a state of well-being that arises from devotion to activities one enjoys, which also brings a sense of fulfillment 1. The concept of ikigai is said