Overview Videos: Blue Zones Regions

What if you could live a longer, happier, healthier life?

Discover the secrets to longevity

You've already learned about five areas in the world called "blue zones" where people reach age 100 at a rate that is ten times greater than in the United States and with lower rates of chronic disease. Now, find out how residents of each region incorporate the Power 9 into their daily lives in order to live longer, better.

Okinawa, Japan

Touch down on these South Pacific islands and you’ll meet residents—including the world’s longest-lived women—eating three foods that could help every American live longer.

Sardinia, Italy

Visit this Mediterranean island—home to the greatest concentration of male centenarians in the world—and you’ll discover healthy lifestyles that have not changed much for thousands of years.

Nicoya, Costa Rica

Grab a bike and pedal along a path on this Pacific coast peninsula and you’ll find colorful houses, exotic fruits and residents twice as likely as Americans to reach a healthy age 90. Is it something in the water?

Ikaria, Greece

Travel to this tiny Aegean Island to discover the secrets of residents who live eight years longer than Americans, have half the rate of heart disease and almost no dementia.

Loma Linda, California

Pull off the San Bernardino freeway east of Los Angeles and you’ll encounter a community of Adventists teaching us new lessons about the power of faith, friendship and fruit.