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National Geographic journalist Dan Buettner has been reporting on these regions extensively for years, dubbing them Blue Zones.
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In fact, tofu is incorporated into almost every meal of the day,including for breakfast.
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A persons moai provides friendship, support, and even financial help when needed.
Any guesses as to where its found?
Starter dough used to make bread.
Dr. Agnello explains that bread in Sardinia is typically asourdoughand its starter dough is very rich in gut-healthy bacteria.
Thecheese in Sardiniais much less processed than whats the norm in the West, too.
And it too, haslactobacillus.
Dr. Agnello says there are other characteristics about Sardinia that set it apart, too.
They live a long time and stay sharp to the very end.
One food Dr. Agnello says that could be credited to these long, heart healthy lives: corn tortillas.
Blue Zones expert and author ofThe Blue Zones Secrets for Longer Living
Corn is loaded with vitamins and fiber and in Nicoya, they soak the corn to break it down.
The longevity all-star food is beans, Buettner says.
(And one with many benefits for cardiovascular and cognitive health.)
The base of theMediterranean diet pyramidis actually about lifestyle, he says.
This is also very much a culture that respects their elders, Dr. Agnello says.
But so is actually liking the company of who youre enjoying those foods with, too.
The health benefits of drinking wine may be overblown because people want to drink it, Dr. Agnello says.
Similarly with caffeine, a moderate amounthas been found to be healthy.
So what exactly is it about Loma Linda?
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