The 5 'Blue Zones' where the world’s healthiest people live These cultures have uncovered the secrets of longevity. Dusk view of a village on the north shore of Ikaria Island, Greece.

This American diet could add 10 years to your life. Earth’s longest-lived people follow what author Dan Buettner calls blue-zone diets—and now he’s found more of them in the United States.

In most Blue Zones, eating out is considered a celebratory event, a rare treat usually reserved for a wedding or other festive occasion. When you cook at home, you can control the ingredients.

Costa Rica’s blue zone is a roughly 30-mile-long strip that runs along the spine of the Nicoya Peninsula; it doesn’t include the tourist resorts on the coast. Nearly 30 years ago, Rojas tells ...

Kame Ogido, 89, a resident of Okinawa, holds a handful of edible seaweed. The Japanese island is defined by the author as a “Blue Zone,” where people live longest.

Longevity travel is the buzzword of the moment. This surging trend has seen people exploring how to extend their lifespan, looking to the Blue Zone countries for guidance.

Keeping traditions alive. While researching my new book, The Blue Zones American Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100, which uncovers lost American longevity diets, I went in search of chefs who ...

An essay by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle reflecting on the health of our Oceans and the impact of environmental disasters like the Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill.

The National Geographic Gallup Special/Blue Zones Index draws on nearly 250,000 interviews conducted with adults from 2014 to 2015 in 190 metropolitan areas across the U.S as part of the Gallup ...