Photo: Oswaldo Restrepo, physician and educator in longevity By: Oswaldo Restrepo The "Blue Zones" of the planet, regions such as Okinawa in Japan, Sardinia in Italy, Ikaria in Greece or Nicoya in Costa Rica, have fascinated science by housing the world's longest and healthiest populations. However, for decades a reductionist myth prevailed: the belief that these oasis of centennials were the fortuitous result of isolated geographies, privileged…
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Photo: Oswaldo Restrepo, physician and educator in longevity By: Oswaldo Restrepo The "Blue Zones" of the planet, regions such as Okinawa in Japan, Sardinia in Italy, Ikaria in Greece or Nicoya in Costa Rica, have fascinated science by housing the world's longest and healthiest populations. However, for decades a reductionist myth prevailed: the belief that these oasis of centennials were the fortuitous result of isolated geographies, privileged…