Peasant food made to taste delicious. — Dan Buettner
An exploration of Blue Zones with Dan Buettner and Tim Spector.
Blue Zones are locations around the world where people live to a healthy old age, often to 100 and beyond.
A common denominator across the Blue Zones is simple peasant food. Beans and complex carbohydrates. Beans and rice. Beans and pasta.
Eat whole foods, no ultra processed food, be active, walk, have good social interactions.
It is a myth, there is a pill or potion or super food, that will give us a healthy life.
Exercise does not require a trip to a gym. We don’t need to go to the gym for exercise. Move, walk, work in the garden. Grow food in the garden, for fresh food to eat.
In England, we find cities with big difference in longevity. Closely tied to social deprivation.
What is fascinating from this discussion, we see in the real world, what we observe from clinical trials. 30+ plants a week, plus exercise and social interaction.
Diversity of foods and fermented foods. Wholefoods, minimally processed. High in fibre, high in polyphenols. No ultra-processed food.
Depressing,Okinawa, since the introduction of ultra-processed food, has gone from the healthiest people in the world to the least healthy in Japan.
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