Reflections on Blue Zones: Community is Not a Tool for Longevity

Reflections on Blue Zones: Community is Not a Tool for Longevity

While grabbing lunch in the office cafeteria, I noticed a webinar advertisement on the billboard monitor, boldly titled “Live to 100—inspired by the world’s blue zones.” The session was sponsored by my company’s catering supplier, and I was intrigued. I had read of blue zones in a cookbook I borrowed from my mother-in-law. And I was uncomfortably reminded that nearly all of the male relatives in my family tree didn’t make it far past age 70. Som…