What The Longest Living People Eat Every Day | Blue Zone Kitchen Author Dan Buettner

Diet is part of their longevity but not all of it. These groups usually have all the elements. Like low stress, community events and laughter , exercise outdoors, sunshine, etc. It is not just the diet. Stress kills and the western culture rat race lifestyle HAS LOTS OF STRESS , lonely people , 40% obesity

Both of my grandmas lived into their 90s. They both had gardens; raised their own vegetables and also raised their own chickens; etc. There was no processed foods in their diets and no chemicals.

Loma Linda I a wonderful place. I studied there for seven years to be a surgeon. I was raised a Seventh day Adventist, and I was a Ovo Lacto (that means that I did eat eggs, and drink milk) Vegetarian until I was 18 years old. Now I am 76 years old, still doing surgery five days a week, and going strong. Thank you Loma Linda, and I plan to be part of your Blue Zone Population.

The minestrone: all those ingredients plus escarole. I grew up on this. My grandmothers died at 97 and 94 respectively. My parents are both still alive and in their nineties. My grandparents immigrated to America in the 1940s. We never had anything on the table not made from scratch. We preserved our own tomato sauce every August/September, including egglant and roasted peppers. No obesity. No diabetes. So yeah. Let food be thy medicine. These days it should be organic and non gmo. God help us and God Bless. Great vlog!!!

My grandfather lived to 103. Most of his life he ate 3 eggs for breakfast. Skipped lunch entirely and had greens, potatoes, carrots, meat and gravy 6 days a week. Fish and chips on Fridays. None of the rubbish filling our supermarket shelves these days ever entered his mouth.

my great grandma lived to 106 years old, my grandma is currently 80 and my grandpa 90. It's not like they don't stress but they all had peaceful lives without major sad events and they just worked to live and not the other way around. They dont eat too much, they eat yogurt with honey every morning, some homemade meal afterwards (like beans, chicken in the oven, fish, vegetables in the oven with feta etc) and cheese with bread and tea or chamomile in the afternoon. They also walk every morning and they have never used a car, they go everywhere they want by foot or bus. I think simplicity is the best tactic, exercising daily, not stressing too much, not eating heavily processed food on a daily basis.

The best lifestyle advice change I can give anyone is STOP eating fast food & STOP drinking soda. I cold Turkey did this and lost 15lbs in 11 months. This was the only diet change / lifestyle change I made. It was effortless and rewarding.

Baked beans, full of protein and fibre, 73 years old and still running up stairs no problem..🙂

My grandma and great grandma lived into their late 90’s, they ate tons of bean, corn ,root veggies and greens and rarely ate meat or dairy . They drank herbal teas everyday and always took short naps . That’s the way to live 💜

People either tend to misunderstand or don't understand whatsoever!! We, the Mediterranean, like to relax! It is not only about food, it is the life style. It is about having good neighbors, friends and family. Basically, it is about being social in the true meaning of it. Also doing everything in moderation is what matters. Just because walnuts are nutritious doesn't mean you should devour a pound or two...Just because wine is delicious and nutritious you should not drink a bottle of it. Instead, have a glass everyday, which is the sustainable way...Rather than facing the possibility of not being able to drink wine at all, drink a glass or two now...don't abuse it. Do not eat meat whatsoever, or eat once or twice a month. Skip meals every now and then...live happily ever after. Cheers.

My dad grew up in Ireland all his siblings lived well into their nineties. He ate eggs butter and homemade brown bread everyday and meat and two veg for dinner!! I think exercise is really important and keeping weight down.

Someone said, "don't eat what your grandparents would't recognize when they were young". What they would't recognize are the products made by the big food Industy. They make food to make profits. They don't make foods because they care about your health.

Probably they don’t hurry that much like us Americans …see that poor guy, he had no time to speak peacefully in this presentation

I believe every country has foods that can help you live up to 100 years. Just eat natural food and be active, live the life that makes you happy, and live in harmony with nature. Grow your own food.

Well, I should be as strong as an ox, but I'm not. I'm in my 8th decade, can walk for hours without tiring, live on a peaceful peninsula, have strong ties with neighbours, never, ever eat junk food, have a happy marriage, no finance worries, and don't smoke or gamble. Almost 100% of my food is grains, fruit, veges, tofu, cheese, oil, butter, yoghurt, eggs and fish, with home grown herbs. However, I've inherited a cancer that's been trying to kill me for the last 26 years! I'm guessing that my lifestyle has helped me survive multiple surgeries, radiotherapy and chemo, but it sure didn't prevent my cancer.

I work in a small family run meat market. We exclusively work with pork, and have customers that have been buying from the same company for 70 years. We have a large number of customers in their late 90's early 100's who are still healthy and they have eaten pork, salt cured and smoked, lard biscuits, collards and sweet potatoes all of their lives.

My best friend's husband's family is from ya Greek island and she said those elderly Islanders are very active and their minds are sharp.

I am 82, I've never been cautious and I eat what I like! I might also mention that I am lucky.

Yes, the diet matters, but really, it's from the trace minerals that run through the soil in different amounts and they are highest in those same long life zones. The local vegetables there are packed with natural minerals.

Three sisters is a farming method developed by natives from all across the americas. Beans that grow up corn and give the soil back nitrogen which corn uses a lot of and squash as a ground cover to keep moisture from evaporating so fast.