Why not simply use median life expectancy, which is more robust to fraud and outliers, instead of "number of centenarians"?
Are blue zones real? Answering that question is harder then ever
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Re: Are blue zones real? Answering that question is harder then ever
#12Why not simply use median life expectancy, which is more robust to fraud and outliers, instead of "number of centenarians"?
Median life expectancy is affected by a much larger number of variables, and is also susceptible to just as much (if not more) number fudging and statisitical nudging. Maybe the country also has a large subset of obese alcoholics for example. If someone lives to be over 100, that in and of itself is a pretty valuable data point
Re: Are blue zones real? Answering that question is harder then ever
#13Blue zones have been utterly, thoroughly debunked. There’s no reason to still ask this question in 2026 unless a new/unusual population or lifestyle is emerging.
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#14Blue zones were always just eat healthy, exercise, and having friends.
I believe that these things almost certainly help longevity as a number of independent studies into each of these show that, and it’s intuitively obvious
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#15A 2024 Ig Nobel was awarded to work debunking Blue Zones.
IMO the whole concept is one of those Occam’s razors that proves especially sharp.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2024/sep/ucl-demographers-wor...
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#17> Buettner himself says he oversaw the blue zones frozen meal initiative This really captures the reality of longevity, at least in US culture. Whether or not blue zones are verifiable or real, the ingredients to statistical longevity are well understood to minimally include: eat better and maintain a level of fitness. Those are not easy to do when laziness, sedentary device time and fast food options are just so eas…
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#18Blue zones were always just eat healthy, exercise, and having friends. I believe that these things almost certainly help longevity as a number of independent studies into each of these show that, and it’s intuitively obvious
It is just good advice. I follow this fairly closely, not so much for life span (although that would be nice) but simply for health span.
Knowing my luck some hyper cancer will just come out from somewhere and take me out in a few weeks or I just slip down the stairs one day. But I try to sway the odds.
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#19My doctor always says “There are three little things that will give you the best chance at living a long and healthy life. Eat a little better, move around a little bit, and get a little more sleep”
Alas, the easiest advice is the hardest to follow short term but the best to do long term.
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#20As the joke goes, birth certificates kill.