June 9, 2008
Blue Zones
What do Sardinian sheepherders, Japanese grandmothers, and Seventh-Day Adventists in Los Angeles have in common? They are among the most long-lived people in the world. Dan Buettner spent five years visiting areas where people tend to live longer and wrote a book about them called The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest.
One of the most striking people he met during his travels was 104-year-old Giovanni Sannai of Sardinia. “He was out chopping wood at 9 in the morning,” Buettner tells guest host Audie Cornish. “He started his day with a glass of wine and there was a steady parade of people coming by to ask his advice. That’s one of the characteristics of the Sardinian Blue Zone — the older you get, the more celebrated you are.”
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