Blue Zones: Secrets of a Long Life

Presented by the Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit Series. Featuring Tony Buettner, national spokesperson and senior vice president of business development at Blue Zones, an organization that puts the learnings of the world's longest-lived people to work in cities and communities across the country. As the lead on all Blue Zones Community projects, Tony helps build partnerships between state agencies, community leaders, and employers to bring health and longevity initiatives to each community’s citizens.

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I’m from Sardinia and I agree 100% with what he said about the island . All the food is very good the cannonau is delicious 😋 everything in moderation, hopefully I reach 100+ years my grandma passed with 93 years of age. May God Bless you all

[judithtaylor]

My 100 y.o. neighbour was born in Ikaria, Greece. Irena turned 100 last November 2021. She has lived in Australia for the last 35 years. Irena does her own cooking, shopping and cleaning. Her father lived till his death at 107 on Ikaria. She has nephews who own a hotel in Ikaria, on the land that belonged to her father. Her father would have lived longer except, unfortunately was overcome by fumes from a lamp.

[mike.p.]

These blue zone people. They don’t know what they do to live so long. Most of them are peasants. They just do what they’ve done and there parents and grandparents have done for years.
Ignorance is bliss. And contentment is a blessing.

[roygress]

I live in Australia, after emigrating from the UK (England) 40 years ago. I am now 73 and have one question.
I both countries you qualify for an aged pension at 65 years of age. How can we get the governments on side, to legislate against the actions of the supermarket giants, fast food outlets and food manufacturers, to provide guaranteed ‘healthy’ foods to cover even 50% of their saleable products, when it is in the government's interest for you to retire at 65 and be buried at 66 years of age?
Living for a further 10 to 15 years longer is a nightmare scenario that would keep politicians awake at night.

[nanibush]

I live in the Nicoya area & the elders here eat meat their rice & beans. The beef here is grass fed & without hormones & antibiotics. Fast food is not eaten, chickens are "free range" & many people raise their own pigs or know someone to buy from. Basically, things are still fairly pure air, organic vegetables. The expression here is 🌻Pura Vida are you?" "Pura Vida" "How did your trip go?" 🌻 Pura Vida 🌻 " Ticos live in the present

[milenaseymour]

Such a beautiful presentation! I am going share it with my family! I am on my way to becoming a health and wellness coach and the Blue Zones were recommended for study. What a great project, The Blue Zone Project! This man and his staff are such beautiful souls for doing this!!!

[Damudean]

When it’s cold that’s when the socializing is most needed.

[ritamariekelley]

Somehow I associate the Aspen Institute w The Kochs. Because of corporate rule, we've destroyed most of the world diet, not to mention the environment. For us to be able to eat "blue zone, " where do we get the pesticide, carcinogen free food? All of our corn is Monsanto GMO. Corporate greed has to stop. We can easily find the ways to promote longevity, but not under our current system that puts profit above people.

[randiwilson]

And they have the siesta where they take a break during the day it’s awesome!! People are so nice and have such beautiful hearts and all of the generations hang out together

[judithtaylor]

American's plate size and glass size is double to that of Australia. We experienced this when visiting in Hawaii.

[ljqkgwl]

that "I was just pinching my self" part got me laughing so much that it prolonged my life for couple of years. 😀

[buzfelyasis]

Kudos! Your lecture authenticates the book “Living Younger Longer” May we have more of these so we all can be centenarians. Thank you very much. May your tribe increase!

[vinnettepope]

Awesome teaching presentation on blue zone. Thank you for sharing this wonderful

[nyamwendamassamba]

I am a Seventh Day Adventist believer living in Tanzania. I have witnessed my Uncle whom lived and practiced SDA believes he lived up to 87 which is the same as Loma Linda CA USA.
His not from USA what I want to say SDA diet and believes works

[petercyr]

Amen with the need for a sense of purpose.

[colonyofcells]

Aspen Colorado is a great place to be in since the air is probably cleaner. 1 in 10 in our planet now die from air pollution. Being in a more rural area will minimize exposure to chemicals. Not retiring also helps people live longer. Being part of a community like the seventh day adventist church helps. Having lots of close friends also helps. The healthy eating pattern seems to be cheap unrefined staple foods and vegetables. The Greek islands and Italy islands ate whole grain bread (unfermented or sourdough fermented). It is hard to replicate their diet bec they have hundreds of wild plants. Okinawa ate mostly sweet potato, purple sweet potato and vegetables. Japanese also eat lots of wild plants. If want to eat healthy, the best thing to do is actually to avoid eating in restaurants. The animal products industries are very powerful so those following plant based diets will probably remain at 1%.

[jerseystotler]

Wonderful presentation saw this July 2021 dureing the Pandemic!!!

[b.robins]

Is there funding to make this happen? I would like to learn more, go to a training and present it in low income neighborhoods.

[youknow]

There's another blue zone in Northern Pakistani region of Hunza.

[chattinglifestyle]

Very nice - loved the story of the Greek National that came to US and went back and cancer was gone based on living a healthy lifestyle. BTW not all drink!!!! Seventh-day Adventist’s don’t! It is not the alcohol, it is the resveretrol in the grape that prevents cancer.