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For Healthy New Year's Habits, Learn From The World's Longest-Lived Peoples

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For Healthy New Year's Habits, Learn From The World's Longest-Lived Peoples

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January 1, 2020 • A doctor's best advice for how to prevent illness: Keep it simple, and emulate the lifestyles of the healthiest people in the world.

Tea Tuesdays: Tea-Drinking Tips For A Longer Life

In the Blue Zone of Okinawa, Japan, locals drink green tea with jasmine flowers and turmeric called shan-pien, which translates to "tea with a bit of scent." David McLain/Courtesy of Blue Zones hide caption

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David McLain/Courtesy of Blue Zones

The Salt

Tea Tuesdays: Tea-Drinking Tips For A Longer Life

April 28, 2015 • Researchers studying the Blue Zones, five regions around the world with lots of centenarians, have come up with this rule: "Drink coffee for breakfast, tea in the afternoon, wine at 5 p.m."

Eating To Break 100: Longevity Diet Tips From The Blue Zones

A distinct version of the Mediterranean diet is followed on the Blue Zone island of Ikaria, Greece. It emphasizes olive oil, vegetables, beans, fruit, moderate amounts of alcohol and low quantities of meat and dairy products. Gianluca Colla/Courtesy of Blue Zones hide caption

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Gianluca Colla/Courtesy of Blue Zones

The Salt

Eating To Break 100: Longevity Diet Tips From The Blue Zones

April 11, 2015 • The centenarians living in Blue Zones aren't drinking Ensure or eating chocolate ice cream. Instead, many are drinking wine, and all are eating beans. But living to 100 isn't just about diet.