We have a healthcare problem in the United States and it is related to what we eat and the lifestyle that we have adopted. Chronic illness starts 20 years before it rears its ugly little head. If we start living a healthier life now, we can avoid expensive healthcare issues later in life. Blue Zones are showing us how it is important to live to grow old and thrive.

You, your children and other people in your life are healthy, so why should you care about
toxins and the quality of your food?
We can all learn a great deal from observing Blue Zones.
Blue Zones 1 are the 5 areas in the world with the longest human longevity; where it is common
to live over 100, and to remain healthy and vibrant until the end. Quality of life in these zones
is very high. It is a project sponsored by National Geographic.
There are now 9 more communities across America that are electing to be Blue Zones. Fort
Worth, TX, Manhattan Beach, CA and surrounding beach cities, Klamath, OR, Albert Lea,
Minnesota, Southwest Florida, Iowa, Dodge County Wisconsin, and Pottawatomie County,
Oklahoma, have now elected to be Blue Zones.
What would motivate you to pay attention to the results in Blue Zones? Why would this matter
to you?
Toxic load can take 20 years to build up in your body. Toxic load becomes inflammation.
Inflammation becomes chronic disease. So long term, this information can save your health.
Convenience is trumping health, and our nation’s health is showing the result. No wonder the
United States ranks 37 th in the world in health, our healthcare system is broken and 53% of our
children have chronic illness.
You want to eat the Standard American Diet. You want to eat what everyone else eats. You
want to eat for convenience, and you don’t want to go to the trouble to eat differently. You
certainly don’t want to cook.
You don’t care about the chemicals being sprayed on our food and the poisons that we are
eating on and in our food.
What good is it for you to grow old if you are uncomfortable in your body; if your body has
cancer, or heart disease, or if you are one of the millions of people with autoimmune disorders?
Or if, in old age, you have lost your mind to dementia?
Don’t you want to grow old and feel great? Don’t you want your children to grow old? For the
first time your children may not live as long as you, and their last years will not be pretty.
This is important.
Don’t you want quality of life as you age?
What have we discovered from the Blue Zones?
There are some key elements that contribute to long term health and healthy longevity.

1. Community
All the Blue Zones have strong communities. Some are people that have been connected for
life, most have a faith-based connection. Sometimes multi-generations live together. These
communities share a sense of purpose with their members. They are people that support each
other throughout life.
2. Diet
All the Blue Zones eat a healthy, toxin free diet. Most are vegetarian, with some fish, and
sometimes very small portions of meat twice a week. Common foods that are eaten in Blue
Zones are organic and include olive oil, lots of greens, coffee, chickpeas, legumes, green tea,
tomatoes, turmeric, sweet potatoes, salmon, squash and avocados.
3. Cook
Eating out is celebratory only. Food is made in the home and eaten in their family community.
Food is never eaten standing up, or in the car. Plates are made in the kitchen and taken to the
table. People in blue zones stop eating when they are 80% full.
4. Drink
The Blue Zones drink water. They don’t drink sodas, with sugar or fake sugar. And at the end
of the day they have one glass of wine.
5. Treats
Blue Zones keep healthy food accessible and ready to eat on upper shelves in their fridge. Junk
food is eliminated. You eat what you see, and you eat what is convenient. Make the foods easy
to eat freshly cut veggies and fruit.
6. Mind
Blue Zones have people with active minds. They are constantly learning: a new language, a new
musical instrument, a new science. Often people in blue zones meditate.
7. Sleep
People in Blue Zones get 7 or more hours of sleep. The bedroom is used for sleep or sex. No
TV, No Phone, No clock. The room is kept cool.
8. Movement
People in Blue Zones move naturally. They walk everywhere. They ride bikes for
transportation. They get up and down to change the TV Channel; they do outdoor chores; and
they garden. They have pets that they walk.
To sum it all up, they have healthy social communities; they have strong family bonds; they
have no time urgency; they eat a plant-based diet; they do not smoke; they eat legumes; they

have low alcohol intake; they eat nuts. They garden. They have turmeric in their diet. They eat
nutrient rich diets. They all pre-plated their food in the kitchen so that they did not overeat.
They ate from smaller plates.
They have significantly less cancer, heart disease, autoimmune disease and almost no
dementia. They are in places where it is common for people to live to 100; they suffer a
fraction of the diseases that kill people in the rest of the world, and they enjoy many more
years of good health.
They all have life purpose.
Their smallest meal is their evening meal. They all enjoy some natural physical activity. They
live low stress lives. They all enjoy some type of faith.
They eat chemical free. They live in clean environments. They support each other.
Does this information resonate with you? Don’t wait until you are sick and tired of being sick
and tired. Clean up your life now. You only have one body. Honor it and take care of it and it
will serve you well. And by the by, don’t give me that bull that you have bad genes. You have
the power to turn that switch on, or to leave it off. Having something in your genetics does not
mean that you are going to get it. You make all the difference with your body. You hold the
power. Own it and feel great for the rest of your life.
Blue Zone findings are the same things I discuss in my book, It Feels Good to Feel Good, Learn
to Eliminate Toxins, Reduce Inflammation and Feel Great Again for people with chronic illness
to adopt. They are just as important for YOU whether you are sick or well.