Despite age data inaccuracies, which I don’t doubt, the key takeaways of the Blue Zone studies outline lifestyles and dietary habits worth emulating for a well and good life — no matter its longevity. Eat real food, everything in moderation and keep moving preferably outside.
Dr Paddys article seems to raise some telling points.
Minor quibble.
He says far fewer super-centenarians in scotland and Northern Ireland compared to deprived Tower Hamlets [ now predominantly Bangledeshi] in Central London.
But
a) Have u tried a Scots fry - egg - sausage, soda bread - cholesterol filled heart-buster?
By far the worst diet in Earth, and Belfast food is the same. Though tastes good, no doubt.
b) Tower Hamlets folk may be "a bit" poorer" than the Celtic fringe / scotland / Northern Ireland, BUT BUT BUT they have IMMEDIATE access to the best central london hospitals on Earth. - try getting uick care if you have a heart attack in the Great Glen or rural tyrone.
Apart from that, i accept many of his points.
But there IS websites listing VERIFIED supercentenarians, and ( assuming the verification is correct - i take Dr Paddys point about forged birth certificates ) an awful lot of them ARE Japanese.
Further, multiple evidence shows that any oil fish diet, with loads of omega 6, IS brilliant for your health - and thats EXACTLY what island nation japan eats in spades.
The good news is, in this case, time WILL tell, as the "suspect" super-centenarians die in coming decades, relay truly absolutely verified supercentenarians will be filling the lists, and then we WILL see where they REALLY are.
Nice article! we need more reliable and valid demographic statistics...
Very interesting Paddy!
blue zones are the result of bad record keeping and birth certificate fraud:
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/09/28/places-claiming-to-be-centenarian-hotspots-may-just-have-bad-data
Despite age data inaccuracies, which I don’t doubt, the key takeaways of the Blue Zone studies outline lifestyles and dietary habits worth emulating for a well and good life — no matter its longevity. Eat real food, everything in moderation and keep moving preferably outside.
My Preliminary comment.
Dr Paddys article seems to raise some telling points.
Minor quibble.
He says far fewer super-centenarians in scotland and Northern Ireland compared to deprived Tower Hamlets [ now predominantly Bangledeshi] in Central London.
But
a) Have u tried a Scots fry - egg - sausage, soda bread - cholesterol filled heart-buster?
By far the worst diet in Earth, and Belfast food is the same. Though tastes good, no doubt.
b) Tower Hamlets folk may be "a bit" poorer" than the Celtic fringe / scotland / Northern Ireland, BUT BUT BUT they have IMMEDIATE access to the best central london hospitals on Earth. - try getting uick care if you have a heart attack in the Great Glen or rural tyrone.
Apart from that, i accept many of his points.
But there IS websites listing VERIFIED supercentenarians, and ( assuming the verification is correct - i take Dr Paddys point about forged birth certificates ) an awful lot of them ARE Japanese.
Further, multiple evidence shows that any oil fish diet, with loads of omega 6, IS brilliant for your health - and thats EXACTLY what island nation japan eats in spades.
The good news is, in this case, time WILL tell, as the "suspect" super-centenarians die in coming decades, relay truly absolutely verified supercentenarians will be filling the lists, and then we WILL see where they REALLY are.
Pat Green MSc
Great write-up Dr. Barrett and very interesting data/correlations. Genetics probably play the strongest role in longevity(?).