The Culture of Longevity

Written by Dan Buettner

In 2007, the Blue Zones team visited the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica, a place with a cluster of the longest-lived people in the Americas. On day nine, we found a remote group of Nicoyans practicing the cutlure of longevity in much the same way their ancestors did fifty years ago.

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written by Edward smith, April 21, 2009

I think they live longer becuase of there eating healthy and dont have the stuff we have.so they get more exersize I think they aree very luckey to live that long so im going to try to change my life to like there life.:)

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written by jlund, April 07, 2009

So why is it thought that these Nicoya Peninsula people are long lived? I've heard about the Okinawians, but why do you think they are long lived rather than average or short-lived?

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