Changing Aging Blogs
[Is your blog changing aging? Let us know at changingaging AT gmail DOT com]
- Ageless Marketing
- A Little Red Hen
- Better Than I Ever Expected
- Boomers
- Cab Drollery
- Duplex Planet
- EChronicles
- Ecumen's Changing Aging Blog
- EdlerAbuse.org
- Elder Law Issues
- Elder Storytelling Place
- Embodied Aging
- Global Ageing Network Blog
- Maya's Granny
- O'Folks
- Real Sage Advice
- Remembering Matters
- The Boomer Chronicles
- The Savvy Boomer
- The Story of Stuff
- Time Goes By
- Women's Voices for Change
Politics
- Daily Kos
- Grasping Reality
- The Huffington Post
- Talking Points Memo
- Think Progress
- The Washington Monthly
Media & Culture
- CJR Daily
- FAIR's Media Views
- FuturePundit
- Infomaniac: Behind the News
- Social Media
- Romenesko
- Truemors
Health & Science
News
Changing Aging Books
Search
Recent Posts
- ChangingAging.org Redesign -- Please Bookmark!
- Disaster in Buffalo
- Power Up Friday
- Blanchard WinsDays
- Kevin Frick writes...
- Monkhouse Monday
- Getting Closer!
- Blanchard WinsDays
- Power Up Friday
- My Pick for Health and Human Services
- Understanding Health Care Reform
- Facts Are Stubborn Things: Social Security Edition
- Monkhouse Monday
- Localism is Coming
- Krugman Can't Wait...
Recent Comments
Category Archives
- AGING 100
- Aging
- Culture
- Dementia
- Eden Alternative
- Erickson School
- Green House
- Health Policy
- Longevity
- Media
- Rockets
Monthly Archives
- February 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- February 2008
- January 2008
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- September 2007
- August 2007
Subscribe to this blog's feed
Blog Data
« Mashup 2008 | Main | News Mashup »
January 6, 2009 |Permalink |Comments (0)
Dorothea Johnson Responds...
Dorothea writes in response to Al Power...
Another interesting book that recently came out and addresses similar issues is called Blue Zones. It is a result of a NIH funded study of centenarians among various cultures throughout the world. The author found pockets of cultures that he referred to as "blue zones" where people lived incredibly long and healthy lives in spite of seemingly harsh environments - Costa Rica, Okinawa, Sardinia...
Anyway, the book goes out of its way to figure out common patterns in diet and activities but somehow fails to be convincing. It seemed like, if anything, some of these lifestyles were almost contradictory to each other. The only common theme that emerged out of these far corners of the world had to do with two things - having a purpose in life (a reason to get up in the morning) and strong connection to family, friends and community. While you can't really create a recipe book out of those conclusions (as Dr. Mehmed Oz tried to do), you can certainly adopt these principles in day-to-day living.
I would tell you more except that I just got this overwhelming urge to shut off the computer and join my son for a game of soccer. It's a beautiful Saturday here in Virginia!