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JW Writes's avatar

The Blue Zones (which became a business, which was sold to the Seventh Day Adventists, who are vegetarians...) are flawed on many levels. Having lived in Nicaragua, 17km from Costa Rica, I know for a fact that saying that the CR Blue Zone people don't eat much meat is completely bogus. They may eat LESS meat, but the implication that all the people in the Blue Zones are functional vegetarians is not correct. I suspect more of the longevity traits come from not eating seed oils or junk food, eating local, and being active and in the sun often. BZ areas (Japan, Sardinia, etc) where western crap diets have come in have seen huge changes in all the BZ metrics.

I was having some health issues and did a lot of research on BZs, and then the main guy (can't think of his name) came to interview my grandmother, who lived to 106 1/2 and independently until the last 8 mos of her life. (Her grandparents lived into their 90s, her mom to 93 with diabetes, so there's a definite genetic component.) Anyway, he asked her about her lifestyle (very active), then her diet. She said she ate a lot of steak, didn't like seafood, and credited her longevity to having dark chocolate every day of her life (which she legit did). He immediately dismissed her and left soon after, and was, according to her, very rude. So... lots of cherry picking going on.

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Max Murakami-Moses's avatar

What's the optimal balance between regulation and decentralization in the meat industry?

Also, would love for you to talk about raw milk. It seems to be the new health fad.

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