Centenarians living in so-called Blue Zones, one of five regions in the world where people are reported to live longer than others, are always asked about the secret to longevity
Blue Zone researchers have tried to find the secrets to longevity by analyzing the habits of elderly people in certain areas of the world where, it is claimed, people live longer than elsewhere.Costa Rican centenarian Ramiro Guadamuz Chavarria rides his horse up the middle of a dusty road while skillfully holding the reins of two horses that trot closely behind him. He leads the horses to a stable behind his home, showers and eats breakfast, all before 9 a.m.
Professor Esme Fuller-Thomson, the director of the Institute for Life Course and Aging at the University of Toronto, said a search of Medline, which is the database for the world’s peer-reviewed medical literature, shows that since 2010 there have been more published academic research papers on longevity in medical literature than in the previous 150 years.because he’s an example of someone who has lived to be more than 100 years old and is still healthy, both physically and mentally.
Not everyone in Costa Rica’s so-called Blue Zone is as lucky as Guadamuz Chavarria. He told The Globe that he has a few friends over 100 but that they’re not as healthy as he is.“Some people would argue that even though we now have more longevity, if you will, we also have during those years, a lot more illness. … Do you want to live to 100 if those 10 last years are not going to be healthy?”“We always love that secret of one person, but generally, that’s the weakest form of evidence.