These close-knit communities provide opportunities for purposeful living, balanced routines, and strong social connections.

Now, researchers are questioning the idea of blue zones and whether or not places like Okinawa, Japan and Loma Linda, California actually have the number of centenarians that has been reported.

Blue Zone Diet recipes serve that up in spades. Unfamiliar? "The Blue Zone Diet is an eating pattern that is primarily made ...

But we’re also about so much more than party ’til you drop.” Journalist Dan Buettner coined the term “blue zones” in 2004 for certain communities around the globe that he claims have ...

Blue Zones are found across the world, from Costa Rica to Japan, Greece, and California. One thing they all have in common is a love of beans, from garbanzos to tofu and black beans. Beans are ...

Examples of blue zones include Okinawa in Japan, Loma Linda in California, Sardinia in Italy and Ikaria in Greece. These areas have been studied in detail to understand why their people live such ...

The five blue zone locations he pinpointed are: Ikaria, Greece Loma Linda, California Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica Okinawa, Japan Sardinia, Italy It has been suggested that people in these five ...

These are Okinawa, Japan; Loma Linda, California; Sardinia, Italy; Nicoya, Costa Rica; and Ikaria, Greece. People living in these blue zones generally live longer, are happier and have lower rates ...

More:Ahead of California's cellphone ban in schools, Palm Springs Unified launches online survey In partnership with the city of Coachella's Blue Zones Project, Coachella Valley Unified School ...

There are regions in the world known as “blue zones,” where people have consistently been living for 100 years or longer. With the help of Dr. Gianni Pess and Dr. Michel Poulin’s age ...