Longevity hot spots are located in regions of different countries where people commonly lead (1) [____] lives past the age of 100. A blue zone is considered to be a "longevity oasis" and the people who live there are believed to have the longest life expectancy on Earth. The longest living women were found in Okinawa, Japan. Another blue zone was discovered in the mountains of Sardinia, Italy where even men (2) [___] the age of 100 at an amazing rate, another was discovered on the Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica in 2007. Only one of the blue zones is located in the United States. It was found when researchers who were staying in Loma Linda, California discovered they suffered from (3) [______] of the diseases that commonly kill people in other parts of the United States and throughout the developed world. The final blue zone was found on an expedition to the island of Ikaria, Greece where they have 50% lower rates of heart disease, 20% less cancer, and (4) [_______] zero dementia - loss of memory. What's their secret formula for (5) [_____] another 10 healthy years? Scientists focused on these longevity hot spots to answer that question and found that while it helps to have good genes, that's less than 30% of the equation. If you adopt the right (6) [_______] , they concluded the other 70% can be up to us. Other (7)[______] the people living in the blue zones have in common include less stress and more (8)[______] , strong (9) [_______] on family, a fresh natural plant based, diet, very little red meat and daily exercise. Leading their lives with a sense of (10) [______] was a big factor. It insures they look forward to getting up in the morning.
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