Before he became an oracle, Buettner, who is 63, rode his bike from Alaska to Argentina, around the planet, and across Africa, setting three Guinness World Records. Then he became my boss. In ...
April Lidinsky is joined by Velshonna Luckey to discuss Buettner’s inspiring book. Dan Buettner is a journalist and National Geographic Fellow who has popularized the term, “Blue Zones” – places in ...
Wood is a medical journalist and author. Her most recent novel is “The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley.” Topol is a cardiologist, executive vice president, and professor, at Scripps Research. When ...
On the island of Sardinia, 120 kilometers off the Italian coast, shepherds chase their goats across the mountains, supplying local milk and cheese for the island’s inhabitants. Families live together ...
Do you want to live forever? How about to at least 105? You’ve probably heard of blue zones—amazing places where a disproportionate number of people live into very old age. From Okinawa, Japan, to ...
The premise is catchy, but some think it’s based on faulty data. By Dana G. Smith The concept is simple and alluring: There are special regions around the world — called blue zones — where people ...
A new paper published in The Gerontologist provides the most comprehensive scientific response to date addressing recent critiques of the so-called "Blue Zones," regions of the world known for ...