198. Beware Blue Zones: How Its Diet Advice Might Harm Our Health with Erin Skinner, RD

As “Live to 100,” a docuseries, airs on Netflix, we might be tempted to follow in the footsteps of these longest-lived peoples around the world. Erin Skinner, RD joins us today to take a deep dive into Blue Zones, particularly focusing on the nutrition advice given by this business entity to all of us – is it the right path for us to follow if we want to live to 100?

 

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RESOURCES AND SOURCES (some links may be affiliate links)

ERIN SKINNER RD

• Empowered Nutrition
• Lean For Life Program
• Empowered Nutrition on Instagram 
• Podcast: Empowered Nutrition
• Erin’s Paper on Blue Zones (I downloaded it safely, but you need to determine for yourself if downloads are safe – a fascinating read)

BLUE ZONES

• Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones Documentary Series on Netflix
• The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer: Lessons from the Healthiest Places on Earth, Dan Buettner
• Supercentarians and the oldest-old are concentrated into regions with no birth certificates and short lifespans, biorxiv.org
• Longevity Brand Blue Zones Purchased, clubindustry.com

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