My Fruitive Challenge: Day 163 — Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones Episode 1
I’m watching Dan Buettner’s beautiful series about the famous Blue Zones around the world where communities have the highest longevity on average in the world. He explores why researchers believe these people outlive the rest of us generation after generation. It’s true that diet and exercise has something to do with it. It’s also true that there are diverse contributing factors for why they live to 100 or more. Here are the key factors presented in episode one of four in the Netflix series: Okinawa, Japan: Medicinal Food / Caloric Density / Hara Hachi Bu / Balance / Moai / Ikigai Always have fun, be easygoing, forgive quickly Food is medicinal Meat, eggs, fish is less than 1% of their diet Purple Sweet Potatoes that are full of complex carbohydrates, antioxidants Mulberry leaves Okinawa Tofu lowers heart disease No single ingredient but the range of nutritionally dense whole foods They eat 2,000 to 2,500 calories per day compared to 3,200 to 4,000 plus for Americans They can indul