{"id":59709,"date":"2025-05-13T11:19:43","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T01:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=59709"},"modified":"2025-05-13T11:19:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T01:19:43","slug":"another-look-at-the-blue-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=59709","title":{"rendered":"Another Look At The Blue Zones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another look at the Blue Zones and some of the reasons for the better health outcomes found there. Blue Zones are areas on Earth where people live longer (up to 15 years longer) and with better health (88% less likely to die from prostate cancer and 85% less from breast cancer) than other places.<\/p>\n<p>Key takeaways:<\/p>\n<p>Exercise Regularly<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t Smoke<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t drink alcohol to excess<br \/>\nKeep weight in a healthy range<br \/>\nEat a diet rich in fruit and vegetables and legumes<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/longevity.foodrevolution.org\/masterclass\/watch\/\">https:\/\/longevity.foodrevolution.org\/masterclass\/watch\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heavily slanted towards being a vegetarian (which is, according to many observations reported to me, unsustainable).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another look at the Blue Zones and some of the reasons for the better health outcomes found there. Blue Zones are areas on Earth where people live longer (up to 15 years longer) and with better health (88% less likely to die from prostate cancer and 85% less from breast cancer) than other places. Key &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=59709\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Another Look At The Blue Zones&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59709"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59710,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59709\/revisions\/59710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}