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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Vishwam Sankaran

EXPLAINED: The blue zones that could hold the secret to long life | Vintage Vibes

The world’s “blue zones”, which are home to an unusually high number of centenarians, keep changing every few years, according to a new study that may unravel the secret to long life.

These blue zones – Italy’s Sardinia, Japan’s Okinawa, Costa Rica’s Nicoya, Greece’s Ikaria – count among their inhabitants a disproportionately large number of people living into very old age, especially past 90.

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