Whoopi Goldberg, 68, has a vacation home in Sardinia, Italy, the first designated "Blue Zone." Goldberg compared living in Sardinia to the US, where people are often stressed. "Blue Zones" refer ...

Nicoya Peninsula (Costa Rica), and Loma Linda (California, USA)—are geographic areas where its inhabitants experience less diseases in comparison with the rest of the world. How? They have the highest ...

In Sardinia, shepherds walk long distances daily ... Social connections are a cornerstone of the blue zone lifestyle. In these communities, people have close-knit social networks that provide ...

The Blue Zones, first popularized by National Geographic reporter Dan Buettner over 20 years ago, include Sardinia ... long been a centerpiece of the Blue Zone narrative. Its residents are ...

In the case of Sardinia, for instance, the ages of centenarians in blue zone villages were cross-checked using multiple sources: civil status databases dating back to 1866, handwritten church ...

“Blue Zone” is a nonscientific term given to geographic ... For example, fish is often eaten in Icaria and Sardinia. It’s a good source of omega-3 fats, which are important for heart and ...

However, this is still significantly less than what most people eat in the UK and Blue Zone residents limit their red meat intake in particular. For example, people in Sardinia tend to only eat ...

It’s a lifestyle that’s hard not to embrace. Sardinia, another Mediterranean island (under Italian jurisdiction), was the first blue zone identified. While a genetic marker (M26) contributes ...

The Blue Zone diet follows the eating patterns of people ... These regions include Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Ikaria, Greece; and, Loma Linda, California, according ...

These places, such as Sardinia, Italy and Icaria ... From months six to eight a Blue Zone blueprint will be drafted and hopefully approved and a policy summit will be held followed by a kick ...

The term “blue zone” was first used in 2004 in an article published in the academic journal Experimental Gerontology, about centenarians in Sardinia, Italy. In the paper, the researchers used ...