The Blue Zone

Dean Sherzai MD, MAS

Director of Loma Linda Memory and Aging Center
Director of Loma Linda University Neurology Research
Program
Population Pyramids
2000 2050













Toshiko Kaneda 2008, www.prb.org/Articles/2006/ChinasConcernOverPopulationAgingand
Health.aspx, Source: World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision (2005).

CENTENARIANS
1900 RARE
1982 32,000
1998 61,000
2050 600,000
SUPER-CENTENARIANS
Active Aging
Picasso > 90
T. Vecellio (Titian) > 90
Michelangelo sculpted at 89
Verdi wrote Falstaff at 84
Galileo > 75
Linus Pauling > 80
Martha Graham danced till 75 and
choreographed at 95
Artur Rubinsteins last recital at 93

and many other....
Whistlers Mother
Gladys "Glady" Burrill, 92
Risk Profiles
Combination of Causes

Aging
Lifestyle
Environment
Heredity
Stress
Unknown
Living Longer, Living
Healthier, & Living
Happier
The Blue zones
The Blue Zones

Sardinia, Italy
Okinawa, Japan
Ikaria, Greece
Nicoya Costa Rica
Loma Lina, CA*
Sardinia, Italy

Sardinia, Italy
Okinawa, Japan
Ikaria, Greece
Nicoya Costa Rica
Loma Lina, CA*
Okinawa, Japan

Sardinia, Italy
Okinawa, Japan
Ikaria, Greece
Nicoya Costa Rica
Loma Lina, CA*
Ikaraia, Greece

Sardinia, Italy
Okinawa, Japan
Ikaria, Greece
Nicoya Costa Rica
Loma Lina, CA*
Nicoya Costa Rica

Sardinia, Italy
Okinawa, Japan
Ikaria, Greece
Nicoya Costa Rica
Loma Lina, CA*
Loma Linda, Ca*

Sardinia, Italy
Okinawa, Japan
Ikaria, Greece
Nicoya Costa Rica
Loma Lina, CA*
The Secret

Move
Life with purpose
Stress relief
80% rule
Plant based diet
Wine
Belong
Love ones first
Tribes with the right behavior
Healthy Communities

Healthy Communities is about Communities
choosing to adopt proven lifestyles, and most
importantly to Empower each other and the
community to achieve those goals.
Eat a Healthy Diet, Move, and
Connect with your community
Thank you
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