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Lush green verdant countrysides, deep sparkling waters, balmy weather. Usually the inhabitants are  found in clusters, laughing and chatting. It seems that spending time alone is frowned upon. It appears that those in the community who eat a handful of nuts, four to five times a week (about 2 ounces at a time) live three to four years longer. If you like nuts, I guess this is a plus. Everyone, really just about everyone, is apparently very very happy.

It has such an idyllic sounding name, too. The Blue Zones. There are at
least four communities to choose from. Sardinia (where, I want you to
know, they have the highest number of, I believe, available elderly gentlemen. Sadly, most are
sheepherders), Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula, Okinawa, Japan and lastly
Lima Loma, California.

And get this, you live much longer there. I mean, we are talking well into your 90's. And for those of you who are thinking, yeah sure, this stuff is documented.

There's a hitch though.

I'm pretty certain that you had to be born there to fall into the longevity group. Oh, your parents and your grandparents probably needed to be locals, too. In order to join the Linda Loma groups you need to be a Seventh Day Adventist. There is marginal indoor plumbing, and manual labor is expected.

Scientists have been spending time researching these communities to try to understand what accounts for the populations' longevity and happiness.  Dan Buettner, an author and adventurist Can Blue Zones Turn Back the Biological Clock, and incredibly handsome, by the way, continues his explorations to unearth additional Blue Zone communities.

Wondering if he needs an assistant, I might write him. I can take notes, eat nuts, check out the locals, count smiles, take pictures. Wanna join?