Dan Buettner of The Huffington Post wrote an article pointing out nine healthy habits that’ll help get you to 100. Here is an excerpt….
For the the last five years, I've been taking teams of scientists to five pockets around the world where people live the longest, healthiest lives. We call these places the Blue Zones. We found a Bronze-age mountain culture in Sardinia, Italy, that has 20 times as many 100-year-olds as the U.S. does, proportionally. In Okinawa, Japan, we found people with the longest disability-free life expectancy in the world. In the Blue Zones (Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Loma Linda, Calif.; and the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica), people live 10 years longer, experience a sixth the rate of cardiovascular disease and a fifth the rate of major cancers.
For the the last five years, I've been taking teams of scientists to five pockets around the world where people live the longest, healthiest lives. We call these places the Blue Zones. We found a Bronze-age mountain culture in Sardinia, Italy, that has 20 times as many 100-year-olds as the U.S. does, proportionally. In Okinawa, Japan, we found people with the longest disability-free life expectancy in the world. In the Blue Zones (Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Loma Linda, Calif.; and the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica), people live 10 years longer, experience a sixth the rate of cardiovascular disease and a fifth the rate of major cancers.
Move naturally: Be active without thinking about it. Identify activities you enjoy and make them a part of your day. Cut calories by 20 percent.
Cut calories by 20 percent: Practice "Hara hachi bi," the Okinawan reminder to stop eating once their stomachs are 80 percent full.
Plant-based diet: No, you don't need to become a vegetarian, but do bump up your intake of fruits and veggies.
Drink red wine: In moderation.
Plan de Vida: Determine your life purpose. Why do you get up in the morning?
Down shift: Take time to relieve stress. You may have to literally schedule it into your day, but relaxation is key.
Belong/participate in a spiritual community.
Put loved ones first/make family a priority.
Pick the right tribe: The people surrounding you influence your health more than almost any other factor.
At first glance most of these habits seem pretty simple; the problem is very few of us practice these habits. I submit our upbringing as Americans lead us astray from these habits. To deprogram may be the first step to aligning yourself to these healthy habits.
I take particular interest in habits 8 and 9. How many of use have negative people in our lives? Who really eliminates the rift raft from their life? I believe that 8 & 9 are intertwined, too often we see family as automatic members of our tribe and we neglect to vote them off the island no matter how toxic they become.
I really hope people come across Dan’s article and walk away practicing at least one of the habits (and not the RED WINE one, that is far to easy).
At first glance most of these habits seem pretty simple; the problem is very few of us practice these habits. I submit our upbringing as Americans lead us astray from these habits. To deprogram may be the first step to aligning yourself to these healthy habits.
I take particular interest in habits 8 and 9. How many of use have negative people in our lives? Who really eliminates the rift raft from their life? I believe that 8 & 9 are intertwined, too often we see family as automatic members of our tribe and we neglect to vote them off the island no matter how toxic they become.
I really hope people come across Dan’s article and walk away practicing at least one of the habits (and not the RED WINE one, that is far to easy).
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