The Blue Zones, Second Edition: 9 Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest

And thus, the Harvard Study of Adult Development was born. The original cohort of 268 men included people from many walks of life, including some who went on to become well-known, such as John F. Kennedy and Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee. Still, over the decades it was deemed too demographically insular—all Harvard men!—to give generalizable r

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According to Dan Buettner, the nine lifestyle habits that link the Blue Zone inhabitants are:

1. Eating a (mostly) plant-based diet


2. Engaging in moderate, regular physical activity


3. Ensuring a balanced caloric intake


4. Having a life purpose


5. Maintaining low levels of stress


6. Drinking limited amounts of alcohol (emphasis on “limited”, not “drinking”)


7. Being spiritua

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