Blue Zones

The places where humans live the longest are explained by traditional lifestyles, widespread incest or systematic fraud, there is no fourth option. Thanks to Catherine MacDonald for helping us research and fact-check this episode! Support us: Hear bonus episodes on Patreon Watch Aubrey's documentary Buy Aubrey's book Listen to Mike's other podcast Get Maintenance Phase T-shirts, stickers and more Links! The global pattern of centenarians highlights deep problems in demography Late-life mortality is underestimated because of data errors Supercentenarian and remarkable age records exhibit patterns indicative of clerical errors and pension fraud Do People in ‘Blue Zones’ Actually Live Longer? They really are that old: a validation study of centenarian prevalence in Okinawa The Real Facts Supporting Jeanne Calment as the Oldest Ever Human A Population Where Men Live As Long As Women: Villagrande Strisaili, Sardinia Typologies of Extreme Longevity Myths Sardinian dietary analysis for longevity: a review of the literature Identification of a geographic area characterized by extreme longevity in the Sardinia island Specific features of the oldest old from the Longevity Blue Zones in Ikaria and Sardinia Making the Blue Zones: Neoliberalism and nudges in public health promotion Human longevity: Genetics or Lifestyle? Familial transmission of human longevity Thanks to Doctor Dreamchip for our lovely theme song! Support the show

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Blue Zones is an episode from Maintenance Phase by Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes.

This episode is 67:30 long.

This episode was published on Jan 30, 2025.

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