But you still have a ways to goThere’s been a good amount of pushback over the years on the Blue Zone phenomenon. On the one hand, he thinks you'd need a round or two of science-based study to verify all the claims about Blue Zone communities. And yet he has seen firsthand some of the benefits of the culture in Nosara, the Costa Rican Blue Zone community, having taught a gerontology class there. Danny Perez, left, and his wife, Martha, shop at the Loma Linda Market in Loma Linda. Jodee Nichols, right, and her husband, Glenn, leave the Loma Linda University Drayson Center after a morning workout in Loma Linda.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 02, 2023 13:17 UTC