Blue zones -- lessons from people who've lived the longest: Archelle Georgiou at TEDxUMKC 

The fact we have to have Whole Foods is sad. We need a “special” store in order to have access to clean healthy food. That should be a given!

Lots of love from Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India 🙂🙏💜

From Sardinia thank you for the mention of our Blue Zone. Grazie di Cuore

Thanks a million Doctor. Am very interested in your topic. Living to be 100 and Beyond is vital to many seniors so please keep up the good work. Reiterated gratitude.

Loma Linda is the only heterogeneous Blue Zone. I have many friends who live there and it is peaceful and lovely. Also as an Adventist, you can go to any church in the world and be welcomed and treated like family. Community and faith as well as healthy food and lifestyle make it warm and loving.

loved the talk, but minor error here--- 'ikigai' means purpose in life, not stopping when you're 80% full - the correct term for that is 'hara hachi bu' live long and prosper

what pisses me off is that you need a research to deliver evidence that basic life natural food, living in community and moderate exercising is good for people. We were deprived of all theses things b corporations and politicians because they do not go for the good of all but for their own goals being predominantly money. Now reinstating there blue cone like towns costs much more than it would have to protect these places from these corporations in the first place.

To bad America has lost the art of respecting our elders. Wished we could go back to a simpler time when people respected one another and everyone took their time and enjoyed the simpler things in life. Our brains just can't keep up with a fast paced life style. Humans have polluted this planet so badly over the years. Not to many places left that actually have organic offerings. My hope is that one day humanity wakes up and changes course before it's to late. We need to put this planet first before profits, or we won't have a home that's able to sustain life because it's to toxic for life. Fact.

No processed foods!

Thank you

Fine topic. "The time will come when meat will no longer be eaten. Medical science is only in its infancy, yet it has shown that our natural diet is that which grows out of the ground. The people will gradually develop up to the condition of this natural food." ~ 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahai Faith

Excellent, I have heard of blue zone before but never new much about it. very interesting. and, yes I could hear all of it loud and clear. Seems my fridge is full of a lot of the wrong things. hum, must do something about that.

This video is so difficult to hear. I put my volume 4x what it normally is and still struggled.

the wealthy beach cities in california don't need the blue zone city makeover, the lower income cities need it. bring that to inner cities where there are hardly any nice and safe places to walk, fast food in every corner rather than any healthy food options.

Just because you are retired, doesn’t mean you have no purpose or that you do nothing! And she keeps forgetting to mention Costa Rica.

Unfortunately if one is poor in a relatively wealthy country you are not blessed by inexpensive fresh organic food.

Go Greece.

Why are there no captions? I am deaf...I cannot watch youtube, or any other videos, without captions. Captioning is now mandated by the FCC...US Government. Why has TED not gone along with this mandate?

Luck or not health, use the stairs, stop at 80% full, meat side dish, rest sleep, friends social group

Interesting that Georgiou starts with the social construction, unlike most speakers who jump first to food and exercise. It's cool because I think that's the hardest thing to change for most of us. It's relatively easy to me to control my own eating and activity, but takes more commitment to maintain a network of other people, and a sense of ongoing purpose. (She mixes up ikigai... life purpose... with hara hachi bu... stop eating when 80% full, but you get the idea, and she's probably been told this already, no biggie, do both!).

awful sound :( too bad.... such interesting subject....

Ikaria the legend island of long life.

What about climate? Every Blue Zone location is in a warm, subtropical climate. Minnesota, not so much.

I've been in Albert Lea, my brother took me there for a bluegrass festival one year!

Everybody is invited to visit a seventh-day adventist church, and discover why they live longer! Thank you!

Except Blue Zone team is not working with community but rather corporations and only community as afterthought. That model does not work to spread the program because the community has to start the process and then they can encourage corporate sponsorship afterward. You have to give community volunteers a chance to start the process. Instead you choose to somehow imagine CEOs to come banging on your door. That wont happen because the CEOs use major insurance companies for wellness programs already whether it actually helps or not those insurance companies convince them anyways. Give volunteers a chance and your company will get access but you have to give them a chance to start the process. Your corporate model wont work to start, give volunteer nonprofit group from community club a chance to facilitate!

Plant power!!

Important

The blue zone topic always seems to spark such huge debates. Based on my research on all of this I wanted to get a couple things clear: 1. The people in blue zones aren’t vegan. They aren’t keto. They aren’t paleo. Obviously there are outliers here and there but I’m not worried about them for this point. The majority of them eat how the culture around them eats. Just like how the majority of Americans adhere to the standard American diet by default. It’s what they know, it’s what they see on a daily basis. 2. I would argue that food is WAY down the list of things that matter in terms of longevity. I would say that stress is number one on that list, followed by a sense of community, being active, getting sun, etc. These are all things that are severely lacking in the USA imo. We are a highly stressed and tense society only made worse by the likes of excessive caffeine, alcohol and hectic jobs...and crazy drivers. There’s extreme gun violence rates, mental health is a major stigma here and a trip to the emergency room will cost you a leg. Not to mention community. The city I live in is hostile towards each other. Not sure why. Not very neighborly over where I live. I’m sure some US cities are better than mine in this regard. Going to Hawaii was a breath of fresh air in the community department and i felt like one of them when I went. Community definitely matters. After all, it’s who you have to see everyday. I could go on an on about NON-diet factors that aren’t very conducive to a happy, healthy life. 3. And lastly, I’m starting to realize it’s not WHAT they eat that’s making them live longer. It’s what they’re NOT eating. Yes, some blue zones might eat rice heavy diets which goes against ketos philosophy. Yes, some blue zones eat meat which goes against Vegans philosophies. But what’s consistent in all of the blue zones is they aren’t eating refined carbs. They aren’t eating trans fats. They aren’t eating excess sugars and treats. And I think that’s what’s most important; avoid the OBJECTIVELY bad things for you. If you took Okinawa for example, you might think rice is the key to longevity. You’d be dead wrong because there’s so many more factors. If you took Italy’s blue zone, you’d think fish is the key to longevity. Again, you’d be dead wrong because of the other factors. The only thing you can do for good health is avoid stress, have a good community/support system, stay active, get sun, maybe do some meditation, go for walks in nature, take a break from social media and news for days at a time, do hobbies, have a purpose, avoid toxic people who bring you down. And when you’re done with all that, maybe have some REAL food that’s not refined carbs, trans fats, vegetable oils, excess sugars. The things that are OBJECTIVELY bad remember? You never see anybody advocating for these things because everyone is in agreement that they’re bad for you. If the food your eating has controversy surrounding it, it’s probably okay. Some say all grains are bad for you because they are relatively new in the timeline of what we’ve eaten as a species. Yet Others will say that whole grains are nutritious and full of good fiber. This is probably okay to eat. Just Listen to what your body says. Some say meat is bad because it can cause cancer. Yet others will say it’s the most nutritious thing you can eat and we’ve been eating it for millions of years. Ive scoured countless studies on various types of foods and the main flaw that stands out in most of them is that they’re observational studies, not experimental studies. And as you already know, NOTHING can be confirmed from observational studies. They have to be experimental study or it’s all speculation. Meat has never actually been proven to increase cancer risk. Gluten has never been proven to be detrimental in people without celiacs disease. Etc. These things are all left up to speculation/personal experiences and biases. Just remember, correlation will never equal causation. Eat the controversies in moderation perhaps (or dont), but always limit/avoid the objectively bad foods. Easy rule of thumb to remember. But most importantly, sit down and figure out the things in your life that are stressing you most, and fix those ASAP. If you’ve made it this far, you’re crazy. But thanks for coming to my Ted talk. Where do you agree? Where do you disagree?

Georgiou is (very) clever, but her manner of association is somehow very non-intuitive. I think, actually, the problem might have occurred in the editing of the lecture, as the least useful sentences all align with angle-changes to 'the camera.' As someone else said; good points but because of sound and delivery it is crass.

Who was the sound tech? Her mic is in a bad place to adequately pick up her voice. Hard to listen to.

You do realize Mediterranean Greek diet is heavy on fatty lamb? But it's not popular to mention for some reason.

Not that I care about CNN but because he worked for them, CNN did save him.

Mediterranean people share naturally bc they are family oriented. The bit about Communist exiles from Greece being influential re: this naturally feeling or practice is a bit misleading IMO. The population in 2011 was only about 8,700 so maybe ony 1/2 of that in the 1930's. So pls don't confuse 100's of years of family/friends sharing as being Communist/Socialist propelled...That is a political statement not a scientific one...Thanks for understanding...

So what's the common denominator?

"Health is a choice?!" Uh ok then how exactly did I choose to get Graves' Disease which has now led to Celiac Disease? I eat the Mediterranean way and I exercise everyday. I help others, etc....I deal with my medical problems, but I dare say illness can pick you no matter what you do. HEALTH STYLE is a CHOICE, because you can't choose your genetics.

being an MD and having anything to do with health is a long shot.

I love the happy hour😉

I hink there is something radiating thru the soil beneath that maked people live longer. Its something geological that we cant understand yet. And hard to measure for now.

So 32 Km.

Lol McDonald’s ad before video would start!

Anyone else get a KFC ad before this started? 🤣

Before we come to conclusions that confirm our biases, we should look at the actual data, all of it and not just cherry picking what's convenient. See: "Blue Zones Dietary Myth"

bad lecture good message

it's a bit obvious diet, exercise, socializing for stress, purpose, but hard to do in real life, especially when it involves the cooperation of other people, that's why religion is important, it "forces" people to events.

Okay and I think smoking is very bad for health

hongkong is meat eater and they have the longest life span.

I can understand why, living in egocentric, hedonic and competitive "...just one more to take because it's there," is oxy-toxic, and so, though a life-long anti-Communist because I lived under it in power, I do think that the notion that "possession in 99% of happiness"-- the essence of anti-social environment-- causes aging stress that shortens life. But how bad that "Amerika" is does not mean that the other "America" you advocates that much better. Our medical fields need answers so that physicians can stay employed by corporate cannibals that own healthcare. So, in fact, we are not sick and dying because we consume too much, but because we think we "know" that we must constantly acquire too much. By doing this we preclude any benefits from any of your Ikaria suggestions because, whatever benefits Ikaria may offer, by the time we get there we are irreversibly toxified by the American will to enrich and to up our brainstem dopamine. By 25 it's too late as American culture has irreversibly damaged you!

Hot damn

Just go plant based. Don't eat too much. Exercise. Drink green tea. Don't go to sleep too late. Meditate. Write things you are grateful for. Be kind. Help others. Live longer.

Their research is biased. Vegetarian biased. There's always details left out to control outcome of results. Okinawans eat a lot of pork. Always have.

After fukushima blue yone will go

The genes p eople the genes

I can't hear shit.

You lost me at socialist ideals.

Greek diet, lamb goat cheese and lots of alcohol.

This an associational study the weakest of science studies . Now if one could do a RCT study then may have some actionable data .

Medical care in Sardinia is horrible. Dont make a Leftist plug for socialized medicine. Italians take the private option often as there are wait times and poor options.

sound quality sucks and these American Canadian speech patterns so weird and muffled!!

CNN and communism in the same lecture, very fitting 😉😁

Very good until you saw "benefits" in socialism...at that point you analisis lost credibility