The Blue Zones is one of my favorite books. It talks about areas of the world where people live much longer & healthier lives than anywhere else. One of the places in the book is the island of Ikaria, Greece. On average people in Greece live 10 years longer than the rest of Europe and the US. Some of the reasons for this include; warm climates that provide access to fresh, healthy food, exercise that often includes walking steep hills, a close family network, low stress, clean air and a spirituality to name a few. One more thing I found interesting about the book was that the Blue Zone areas did not seem to include many wealthy countries with access to the best health care?
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