<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">This was made in to a film on Netflix which I recommend </div><div dir="ltr"><h1 class="title-title" data-uia="title-info-title" style="margin: 10px 0px; font-weight: 500; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 30px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Netflix Sans", "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 20px;">Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones</span></h1><h1 class="title-title" data-uia="title-info-title" style="margin: 10px 0px; font-weight: 500; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 30px; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Netflix Sans", "Helvetica Neue", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81214929?s=i&trkid=258593161&vlang=en&clip=81704590" style="font-size: 20px;">https://www.netflix.com/us/title/81214929</a></h1></div><div dir="ltr">-Henry</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div><blockquote type="cite">On Jan 28, 2024, at 5:34 PM, efc--- via extropy-chat <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Always an interesting topic Bill! =)</span><br><span></span><br><span>I think it is a nice packaging of old wisdom. Apart from any technical means, modern therapies and procedures, a lot comes down to:</span><br><span></span><br><span>Sleep, diet and exercise.</span><br><span></span><br><span>On top of that, you can add some psychological "happiness"-factors from positive psychology such as:</span><br><span></span><br><span>Keep mentally active, have an active social life, be grateful, have a deeper goal or reason for living.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I think broadly and very summarily, this is the conclusion I arrived at last time I looked into it.</span><br><span></span><br><span>What do I do personally?</span><br><span></span><br><span>I sleep 7-8 hours per day, I exercise moderatly every other day, I walk unless it takes me more than 30 minutes, I always take the stairs (live in europe with no high rises, at most 5-6 floors), my wife and I always cook our own food 5 days per week, and I try to keep mentally active.</span><br><span></span><br><span>My sins are my somewhat slow social life, lack of spirituality (but I love to wrestle with existential questions though), and love of good food (I keep the resturants to at most 2 days per week).</span><br><span></span><br><span>Now, something I been thinking of lately is the 16/8 diet. I don't follow it, but what I _do_ is that I love to sleep in on weekens and I eat my breakfast at around 11 or 12. That means that for big parts of my life, I actually have followed a kind of 14/10 to 16/8 diet for 2 days per week, and when I'm on vacation, for up to 4 weeks.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I have no idea if that affects my body in anyway, but never realized that I had been following this fad diet unintentionally for a long time. But, when working, only 2 days per week, so probably that's not enough to make any meaningful difference.</span><br><span></span><br><span>That's my "blue" journey. Looking forward to hear from you guys. =)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Best regards,</span><br><span>Daniel</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>On Sun, 28 Jan 2024, BillK via extropy-chat wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>People in the world’s ‘blue zones’ live longer – their diet could hold</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the key to why</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Published: January 24, 2024</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><https://theconversation.com/people-in-the-worlds-blue-zones-live-longer-their-diet-could-hold-the-key-to-why-221463></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Quotes:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This longevity hotspot has since been expanded, and now includes</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>several other areas around the world which also have greater numbers</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of longer-living, healthy people. Alongside Sardinia, these blue zones</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>are now popularly recognised as: Ikaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan;</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Nicoya, Costa Rica; and Loma Linda, California.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>When it comes to diet, each blue zone has its own approach – so one</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>specific food or nutrient does not explain the remarkable longevity</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>observed. But interestingly, a diet rich in plant foods (such as</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>locally-grown vegetables, fruits and legumes) does appear to be</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>reasonably consistent across these zones.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Another striking observation from these longevity hot spots is that</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>meals are typically freshly prepared at home. Traditional blue zone</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>diets also don’t appear to contain ultra-processed foods, fast foods</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>or sugary drinks which may accelerate ageing. So maybe it’s just as</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>important to consider what these longer-living populations are not</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>doing, as much as what they are doing.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Perhaps then we can learn something from these remarkable</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>centenarians. While diet is only one part of the bigger picture when</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>it comes to longevity, it’s an area we can do something about. In</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>fact, it might just be at the heart of improving not only the quality</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>of our health, but the quality of how we age.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>------------</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>BillK</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>extropy-chat mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</span></blockquote><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>extropy-chat mailing list</span><br><span>extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</span><br><span>http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>