Blue Zones uncovered: a physician’s first-hand experience

A windy, bumpy road led my family into Costa Rica’s remote Nicoya Peninsula, one of the world’s five so-called Blue Zones. Our arrival in 2021 satisfied a wish I had made while undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer to visit this fascinating, biodiverse region where people are documented to live healthier, longer lives.

I have taught my students in the lifestyle medicine program at Metropolitan State University in Denver about the literature …

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