Results: The Blue Zones Diet
Published on 09/10/2023
In the series Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones, Dan Buettner, a National Geographic fellow and bestselling author, examines five pockets of the world where people have the highest life expectancy and seeks to learn from them how to live a longer, healthier life.
Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/09/07/blue-zones-diet-is-a-netflix-phenomenon-can-it-make-you-live-to-100/70780876007/
Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2023/09/07/blue-zones-diet-is-a-netflix-phenomenon-can-it-make-you-live-to-100/70780876007/
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The mysterious diet is the subject of a new Netflix docuseries "Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones," which shot to the streamers' Top 10 shows following its release last week. Have you watched this series?
All of it
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Some of it
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No, but I plan to
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No, not interested or do not have Netflix
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In a span of about eight years, Buettner and a team of colleagues conducted research and discovered five pockets of the world that exhibited outstanding longevity. These Blue Zones are Okinawa, Japan; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Icaria, Greece and Loma Linda, California. Through an analysis of these communities' dietary habits, Buettner and his team found people in these Blue Zones were eating a mostly whole food and plant-based diet. Which of these Blue Zone diet habits do you already do OR would be willing to do to live longer? Eat mostly plant based
16%
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Eat about two ounces or less of meat about five times per month.
20%
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Eat fish once or twice a week
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Eat at least a half cup of cooked beans daily--They're the cornerstone of every longevity diet in the world
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533 votes
Consume only 28 grams (7 teaspoons) of added sugar daily
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511 votes
Eat two handfuls of nuts per day
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Eat only sourdough or 100 percent whole wheat
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Avoid processed food
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Avoid dairy
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Drink mostly water
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Not Applicable
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