In the Netflix Documentary, How to Live to 100, the host, Dan Buettner, visits the 5 blue zones, the locations where more people tend to live to 100 years old, to find out what they do differently.
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In this video, I’m going to give you the highlights of what the people in the five blue zones do, which promotes their longevity.

The 7th Day Adventists in Loma Linda, California, USA
Exercise daily
Have a close-knit community
Volunteer
Avoid meat
Eat fruit, beans, nuts, legumes, and grains
Consume about 5% from animal products
(for context, if a man eats 2000 calories per day, which is ideal for most active men to prevent becoming overweight, five percent equals 50 calories from dairy or animal flesh).

In Ikaria, Greece, the people
Drink tea with raw honey
Consume olive oil instead of butter
Eat fresh food

In Nicoya in Costa Rica, the people here
work outside
Eat a diet primarily of beans, squash and corn

In the Mountain Villages in Sardinia, Italy, the people have
A Strong Faith
A sense of hope
Walk daily
Have limited stress
Don’t have retirement centers because family and friends
are nearby to help the elderly, which eases stress of
aging
Move throughout the day
Take daily naps
& Consume a high carbohydrate diet of mostly bread, pasta whole grains, beans, minestrone soup and vegetables

In Okinawa, Japan, the people
Enjoy life
Stop eating when 80% full
Try not to get angry or stay angry
Sit on the floor
Tend to be more flexible
Garden
Eat a high carbohydrate diet
Sing and dance
Have a sense of community
Visit with friends or family daily
Eat less than 2000 calories per day
Consume lots of tofu and purple sweet potatoes
Have close-knit families

The differences between the blue zones & the US is:
People in the US:
Don’t exercise enough
Mostly work indoors
Are stressed out
Don’t take naps
Don’t sleep enough
Don’t eat enough whole-carbohydrates
Eat a lot of processed foods
Sit a lot
Are overweight
Overconsume
And
Eat a high-animal protein diet

The goal shouldn’t be to live to 100, but live to 100 HEALTHY. The people who live to 100 in the blue zones are healthier than the typical American, but that doesn’t mean they are a healthy bodyweight, aren’t on medications, aren’t in pain, and are free of diseases.

We should all aspire to live to 100, but healthy.

We can do better than what people are already doing in the blue zones. Their diets contain between zero and 10% percent of calories from animals, whereas, in the American Diet, 32% comes from animal products, 57% from processed foods, and only 11% from whole plant foods. Most of the people in the U.S. don’t consume a diet based on recommendations (1).

Moving to the blue zones seems like a dream come true. Unfortunately, health in blue zones populations are declining due to increased consumption of processed foods and animal products.

Eating whole, unprocessed, pesticide-free, non-GMO, oil-free, plant foods will allow people to live longer, healthier lives, with fewer medications.

The choice is yours: give up meat, oil & most processed foods, which may be a challenge at first trying out new foods and combinations; or sacrifice your health, your looks, livelihood, happiness, sex life, and longevity.

My mom used to say, “If you don’t have your health, you have nothing.”

I used to eat a lot of processed foods, fried my food in oil, and ate animal protein with every meal. My health declined every year. I ended up heavier, on medication, in pain, with many chronic autoimmune diseases, high blood sugar and high cholesterol. I turned my health around with a plant-based, unprocessed, oil-free vegan diet, high in cruciferous vegetables and healing omega 3 fats from flax seeds.

If you need help transitioning to this new, wonderfully fulfilling way of living, schedule a consultation with me though my website the High-Five Diet.com or order my book, The High-Five Diet.

Let’s make your community the new, improved blue zone!

Source: https://nutritionfacts.org/topics/standard-american-diet/#:~:text=According%20to%20U.S.%20Department%20of,fruits%2C%20vegetables%2C%20and%20nuts.

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