{"id":369192,"date":"2026-08-08T13:14:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=369192"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:44:57","slug":"blue-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blue-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> There are a few known blue zones in the world where people are living longer lives than anywhere else.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Blue Zones<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 464px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Source-CBS-News.jpg?resize=464%2C260&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Blue Zones\" width=\"464\" height=\"260\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source \u2013 CBS News<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It refers to<\/span><b> geographic areas in which people have low rates of chronic disease<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> live longer than anywhere else.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Introduced by: <\/b>The concept was introduced by\u00a0<b><strong>Dan Buettner<\/strong>,<\/b> a National Geographic explorer.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Blue Zones in the World:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> In his book called <\/span><b><em>\u201cThe Blue Zones,\u201d<\/em> Buettner described five known Blue Zones:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Icaria (Greece):<\/strong> Icaria is a Greek island where people follow a <strong>Mediterranean diet rich in olive oil, red wine, and homegrown vegetables.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ogliastra, Sardinia (Italy):<\/strong> Ogliastra is a mountainous region of Sardinia known for having some of the <strong>world\u2019s oldest men<\/strong>. Residents often <strong>work on farms<\/strong> and consume plenty of red wine.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Okinawa (Japan):<\/strong> Okinawa is home to some of the <strong>world\u2019s oldest women<\/strong>, who eat many <strong>soy-based foods<\/strong> and practice <strong>tai chi<\/strong>. In Ogimi, residents <strong>grow their own food, live with purpose, enjoy leisure, and maintain strong community ties.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nicoya Peninsula (Costa Rica):<\/strong> The Nicoyan diet mainly consists of <strong>beans and corn tortillas<\/strong>. People remain <strong>physically active through work well into old age<\/strong> and follow a strong sense of purpose known as <strong>\u201cplan de vida.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Seventh-day Adventists, Loma Linda (USA):<\/strong> Seventh-day Adventists are a <strong>deeply religious community<\/strong> known for following a <strong>strict vegetarian diet<\/strong> and living in <strong>close-knit communities<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although Buettner\u2019s book discusses only these areas,<\/span><b> there may be unidentified areas in the world that could also be Blue Zones.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Characteristics<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Plant-based diet:\u00a0<\/strong>People mostly consume plant-based food, with nearly\u00a0<strong>95% of their diet coming from vegetables<\/strong>, beans, whole grains, nuts, and fruits.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Limited meat and sugar intake: Meat<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0<strong>eaten sparingly<\/strong>, about five times a month, while\u00a0<strong>sugar is rarely consumed<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>desserts are occasional.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Natural and local food habits:\u00a0<\/strong>Food is fresh, local, and seasonal, with minimal use of processed or packaged items.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moderate eating practice:\u00a0<\/strong>People follow the\u00a0<strong>\u201c80% Rule,<\/strong>\u201d which means they\u00a0<strong>stop eating when they feel about 80% full.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Daily physical activity:\u00a0<\/strong>Physical activity is part of daily life through walking, farming, and household work rather than structured exercise.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strong sense of purpose:\u00a0<\/strong>Concepts like\u00a0<strong>Ikigai and Plan de Vida<\/strong>\u00a0provide meaning to life and support mental wellbeing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Strong social connections:\u00a0<\/strong>Close family ties and social groups like \u201c<strong>moais<\/strong>\u201d provide emotional and social support, reducing stress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: There are a few known blue zones in the world where people are living longer lives than anywhere else. About Blue Zones It refers to geographic areas in which people have low rates of chronic disease and live longer than anywhere else. Introduced by: The concept was introduced by\u00a0Dan Buettner, a National Geographic explorer.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/blue-zone\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Blue Zone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-369192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}