This Roman Diet Is The Secret To Old Age | The Art Of Living: Sardinia | Tonic
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- In a city on the Italian island of Sardinia, people have lived longer than in the rest of the world since Roman times. Naturally, Niklas wants to find out what makes this mythical place so special.
In this food and lifestyle documentary series, internationally renowned chef Niklas Ekstedt explores the secret of living past the age of 100. He’s travelling to six of the world’s ‘blue zones’ - regions such as Sardinia, Costa Rica, and Okinawa in Japan, where unusually high numbers of people reach an advanced age - in a quest to find the recipe for a long and healthy life. Along the way, he befriends locals and gets to know them, joining in with their daily routines and discussing their approaches to life, food, and ageing. He also reveals different ways of living. For example, in Ikaria, Greece, he discovers a town which keeps the stress levels down by not keeping track of time. And, as you would expect from a leading chef, he also can’t resist sampling some of the local specialties in every place he visits.
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I am African American, but my great grandma lived to 102 and one day her heart stopped and she died! No major illness. Her sister was 107, yes they were farm raised and active until the end. Oh but they were peaceful souls! I was a lil girl, but still remember and miss them
You need to share what you think they did differently from today's
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AFRIKANS HAVE THE BEST GENES, BUT THEY'VE BEEN ENDANGERED WITH TODAY'S TOXIC FOOD & LIFESTYLE.
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@@LAKSHMIANGELES not to mention STRESS & TRAUMA ! ❤️
Yes this was good to watch,there are many lessons we have to learn,from ancient societies and cultures ,natural food grown on rich natural soil,wide variety of diet,and relaxed lifestyle,plus good amount of exercise in a healthy environment.
My grandmother was 4 months short of 104 when she died. She was disciplined- keeping herself on a daily schedule of chores and activities, ate in moderation, and had lots of family and friends whom she outlived. She carefully chose her words and remained positive. She took care of her and her husband's parents when they were old, my grandfather when he had Alzheimer's as well as her daughter who also got Alzheimer's. Daily, she read the newspaper and completed its crossword puzzles. My grandfather was right when he said that she was an amazing woman!
How wonderful. Reminds me of my grandma.
@@MsKarduspandora 👆👆 Peer review science 🧬
Linda D you are discribing my mother almost to a T.
God bless your grandmother, a lovely woman
Bless your Grandmother.
One of my great grandmothers lived to 117. She lived and worked as a farmer in the Caribbean. She farmed till the age of 92. Her skin was absolutely amazing! I met her when she was 115... I was 17 at the time... she was nearly a century older than me. It blew my mind lol...
Barbados? I met a lot of centenarians while I was there.
Do you know what she mostly ate?
That's amazing!! What was her diet?
117. I’m skeptical.
Wow. You met her.
Some lessons from the video: 1. Eat healthy food 2. Exercise 3. Don't quarrel 4. Accept things as they are, after putting in your best.
They probably don't go on you tube, look at the news and enjoy the simple life with goats.
@@Manonepiu_03 being at peace with people
Be close to the land growing food
My grandma passed away at age 114 years, Balinese, heavy smoker. Still take flight to other province to visit son. Still climbed rocks to meditate in temple at age 90. Still good in play card too, taken bath 2 am with wash her long hair . I hope i can be fun person like her
I’m sure the quality of the ingredients they use helps but the real thing I noticed is they live a simple life and seem happy doing it. Really enjoyed this.
I've been adopted by Sardinian lady from Ilbono she passed away in 2013 89 years old I learned how to make cugurgiones I can speak Sardian I'm glad to been brought up in Sardinia I know Paolo Murru though I've been in London for the last 29 years Sardinia will be always in my heart thanks for the beautiful video my adopted mother would never alaoud me to eat junk food.
Mary how are you in England
@@gianfrancobergagna4024 hi Thank you for your message I'm OK what about you?
Ohhh Mary so lucky, can you then help me to find the recipe or ratio for the Mediterranean salsa?
my aunt just passed away she was 101 and I love her very much and I asked her what the secret of living a long life was and she said eat good and keep moving and be kind! she was a very special person
I thoroughly enjoyed this , thank you!
P.S. My mom is in her 92nd year, and still lives all by herself , drives, runs errands, rakes her leaves, cooks her food, entertains family and has a busy and healthy life. Even after she endured covid before it was identified . She never did a diet of any kind. German genes, eats everything.... Her dad, grandfather, and great grandfather were butchers and entrepreneurs and her uncles began poultry businesses 90 years ago, she eats sweets, salt, oil, meat, not too much dairy, she never felt well on cow milk. She's never eaten a lot of cheese either. But she eats sour cream and ricotta, etc.. I really believe it's genes.
Across the street from my mother lived an old couple who lived till about 99 years of age and both of them smoked eight packs of cigarettes a day their entire life. They never cared anything about eating right or staying healthy and yet they lived to 99. Go figure. Haha. Oh well.
God bless everyone,
Speaking from Pennsylvania USA.
What an incredibly interesting documentary. None of those moralistic videos keto diets, intermittent fasting, etc and just a plain exposé of how clean living, respecting Nature and upholding strong family values is the secret to a long and happy life. Thank you for bringing this to us.
Well, if that's the trick, I am doomed. I am definitely a heathen
I ma 50 and way before there was keto or fasting the solution to weight loss unless you have an underlying problem is calorie in and out and clean eating.
@@truthbetold6496
Except that calories are meaningless, and eating clean is almost impossible these days.
fresch home made. thats all
Fasting is not a modern thing,also keto,get informed better
At the end of the day they may have less food and have good surroundings but what the answer is they do not stress. Constant stress will shorten your life no matter where you live. These people have love and support all the time. Many people don't have this.
The man in the black clothes has a very soothing way of talking and his demeanor is so calming. Humor and intelligence, at pace.
My mom’s ancestors lived well into their late 90s without any medication in a small farm village. My mom was raised in California and has heart disease, diabetes, dementia and Alzheimer’s. She raised her kids alone when my dad passed when she was in her late 30s. Stress and the food we consume are killing us. All of my siblings have heart disease.
"Take what comes, and don't fight against it" BEST advice ever!
We should fight against the hardship , sufferance , poverty , diseases and so on ; only when we can not , we have to accept with the calm mind . For example : if the science and health professionals did not fight against disease especially epidemic , how can human lifetime increased like today ? mean lifetime of woman is 82 years , of man is 81 . In prehistoric age , most people died at 18-20 years old ( archaeologists found the skeletons of people in their tombs , they lived 10-15 thousand years ago , most of them belongs to 18-20 years old people . )
@@nguoithichhoasim1233 whatever you resist, persists
@@josephsf2452 Thank you for understanding me .
You basically answered it yourself; they are isolated (no modern stressors) and they lived like that for generations (i.e. no contaminated food/water and had good habits physically and mentally).
My take away from watching this film as much as viewing many of the comments from other viewers is: the people who lived to be such a long life were plainly happy people with very little stress.
To me besides a great diet, i believe that the real secret to longevity is living a happy non conflicting lifestyle. 😍
I like that, I attempt to live stress frer.
Don't worry b happy and live long long...
My husband’s grandmother (Italian) lived 104 years and she was eating every day a soup, was drinking a half glass of wine, finishing with cheese “provolone” and one apple or dried fig. Interesting is the fact that she was drinking only a lite bit of water during the day…she always said that she doesn’t like the water and prefers wine. Her skin was amazing and she was not taking any medicines till end of her life.
Water is overrated. It's more important to have any food with fluids eg fruits. It's the flavonoids in wine that was good for her.
An organic life is what we all had once. 🙂
With the PFOA in the water it’s probably best not to drink water
@@pennypiper7382 that we shall have once again... :)
Sardinian ethnicity is not italian
There is a book called "Longevity" which is about people living up to the age of 143 in England and the surrounding areas. They ate very simple food, not a lot of variety. They also walked a lot. Once one of them was recognized by royalty and moved to London where he was exposed to all the various food delicacies. He soon died. the book is about people in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Do know the name of the author of that book?
@@bush-b5330 tried to google using the above description, but to no avail. Should you find it, please let me know as well?
Would love to know the name of the author as well!
Who's the author?
I know of a few old stories of people who lived well past 100 in England during pre industrial times. One of them put it down to drinking lemon balm tea daily. It is a longevity herb.
My grandfather lived to 104 in Eastern Europe, he was not taking any medicine and died of old age. He progressively got weaker in the last year of his life. One day he said he does not want to get out of bed, eventually stopped eating, and died five days later peacefully in his sleep. My grandma is 97 and still alive and also does not take any medicine. I am inclined to believe that they manage to live this long and be on their feet because they worked all their lives on their crops, away from the world and stress in a small village, had their own animals, and never ate processed food. Everything they ate was coming from their crops and animals they had and fed. I know that many others lived like that and probably didn't make it in their 90's but they also had 4 kids who would come to visit them and lots of grandchildren. I am very much fascinated with the way they lived their lives.
Wow from Germany great story ...how to live simple to have long life and divine health ...Now we can't live that way ...Regimes mandatory vaccine.
@@dollyschwall8537 Do you really think these elders did not have any vaccines? In my husband’s family there are several elders who have made it to their mid 90s in good health. They all had their sets of vaccines. Genes play a role as well as lifestyle, vaccines too!
in estern europe and the balkans is the same story, the older generation lived and still lives more healthy ,the big problem is we like spirits/wine/beer too much
@@Belenshares you really believe people who weren't born in hospitals had their set of unnecessary interventions?!
@@creativeideas012 Absolutely. I was not born in a hospital. Fully vaccinated.
Wow! Very informative video. My grandfather lived to be 101 yrs old. He walked a lot. Loved music to listen to. Did not smoke cigarettes. Ate lots of veggies and fish. Not a meat eater. Had diabetes but lived a long life. He loved life and loved to tell stories. He’s from the Philippines.
Looks like the main reason for longevity are the beautiful relationships and support systems that people depended on in previous generations and in traditional societies. This is the very thing that is missing in todays generation. No wine or special foods can replace that. Fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables and simple food with less quantity .
If you run on the wrong fuel nothing you try will work.
Exactly. Seems to me too
I couldn't agree more 👍 Family values and community structure has changed since my great-great nenna died aged 102 . Western Social Structure is killing us all. I'm 70 now and don't want to live out my last days in a Nursing Home .👵
Organic food as we know is the answer to healthy life style we should change our way of living and eating ,thanks for sharing your knowledge.
No junk processed foods. Whole Foods. Less then 4 ingredients.
Milk from grass fed goats contain vitamin K2. Goat meat that is high in Vitamin K2 for the same reason, goat cheese being another food that contains vitamin k2 and other nutrients, clean air and a lot of daily physical activity and walking goes a long way to life a long and healthy life. Olives and Olive oil contains a lot of healthy nutrients especially oleuropein and the resveratrol in grapes and wine ....all contribute to a healthy long life.
My grannie, bless her sweet soul lived to almost 100 on a Native Reserve in Saskatchewan. She loved to live the simple life on the farm and ate meat and potatoes and beans and drank tea, but did not drink alcohol or smoke. She had pneumonia in the old age home and nearly died but we all prayed for her and she miraculously recovered and lived even longer.
..💫Praise✝️God🙏💕🐳🌱🌳🌻
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I live in the U.K. and my grandmother who was born and lived in London, lived until she was 106. Mentally she was brilliant to the end and her activity level only decreased when she slipped from a step ladder hanging curtains when she was 96. She cooked every day, lived very simply and walked everywhere. I hope I carry her genes.
it was curtains,
For your grandmother.
It's not about her genes, rather it's about good eating habits: avoid fake food.
genes we can't control, lifestyle we can 😊♥
As long as you live as simply as her,avoid processed food stress and if you have the same genes you might,why not?
@@barbettecaravaggio7675 Tell that to Billy Boy Goats !
What beautiful wisdom from the Nonna....the secret to life....'you should accept things as they come, in a positive way and not work against them. Even if you want something in life that you can't have, you have to accept it.' Don't get nervous, the girl says. 'Take the situation as it comes and don't fight against it.' How lovely that we can have this Nonna give her Wisdom to us.
I will take this words to my heart ❤️
I think that what people miss about their life-style is not only the simplicity but the attitude explained in the video by one of the elderly women. She said whatever comes not to fight against it, but just take things as they come. I am 73, and I have learned this great truth after many years to some degree. Maybe not as deeply as the blest people of Sardinia. I am an American, but my grandparents came from a little town near Naples on my mother's side and Northern Sicily on my fathers side. I love the pure life of those who live in Sardinia.
Just before the 5 minute mark the first guy interviewed gives the answer to longevity - While the women are at home, men are away in the mountains - both are stress free! Jokes aside, I love that they emphasized social harmony and acceptance of reality (inner peace) as one of the keys to longevity. Thx.
In all the blue zones the common denominator is no processed foods! Also the meat is natural, no grain fed cows with diabetes, no sick chickens from 6 weeks old, living in terrible conditions and eating the wrong food. No junkfood. Not a lot of stress also.
My grandmother is 105 in 2021 still alive and healthy. She doesn't eat fast food. She prepares all of her meals herself and she lives in a farm.
I’m 74, take no meds. Annual physical last month was perfect. My cholesterol was excellent. I’ve eaten a Mediterranean diet most of my adult life. No smoking.
How often do you have meat?
@@SharpUchi - I eat shell fish periodically, lean pork tenderloin, beef tenderloin, chicken breast, and lamb chops. Given that selection, I eat meat or fish twice each week, sometimes three times. No cold cuts, no candy, no snack foods, no cake, no ice cream, occasionally a cookie or two. I eat veggies, fruit, cheese, olives, garlic, lemon and EVOO dressing on salad, bread and butter. I drink green tea, hot tea, water, and red wine.
I never have 3 meals a day. Some days just one meal. I eat only when I’m hungry.
Dr. Joel Wallach already did a study on the people in these locations to see why they live so long. He concluded that by chance the soil in those locations contained all of the minerals and trace minerals that the human body needs.
Love Dr. Wallach and his book, " Dead doctors don't lie!"
I remember when I was a child 9-10 years old, I used to go with my father to this village mountain on the Syrian border in Lebanon during the 1950-s to visit with friends for the weekend.
We had to wake up at dawn and we had goat cheese, goat milk, honey fresh from the comb and fresh eggs for breakfast with home made bread. Everything was natural and were grown locally. They made their own olive oil and honey. So when it was time for us to go back home we carried with us a huge container of olive oil, like 20 kilos and honey and dried fruits and nuts, all natural, organic. I know how a good olive oil should taste like. The taste of it still lingers on my taste buds.
I’ve been living in the United States since 1976 and I’ve been looking for a good olive oil all this time and can’t find it.
My mother lived to be 89, my father 93, and my mother’s grandmother lived to be 115 years old in Turkey.
If I’m not mistaken many olive oil companies mix seed oils with olive oil so you’re not getting true 100% olive oil.
Thanks for sharing
Are you Armenian?
@@melissalopez3794 yes, I am. I was born and raised in Lebanon. My parents came from Turkey to Lebanon after the Armenian genocide of 1915.
@@DondiWhiteRIP yes, I am. I was born and raised in Lebanon. My parents fled from the Armenian genocide of 1915 in Turkey and settled in Lebanon.
Having just retired after fifty four years of cooking and running my own restaurant i am still touched by the simplicity of rustic food, its careful use and respect for the ingredients, excellent program
Garlic onion v good
For the body
The only centenarian in my family was my great grandfather and he died at 102 years old. He was a farmer, so he ate mostly vegetables and was physically active all his life. The most important thing is that he was an extremely chill person and was stress free.
Note that the food in my culture is primarily heavy on red meat and white rice. So, it's no coincidence that he lived a long and healthy life while the rest of my family had all these disease and died at a younger age.
"I like the Sardinia lifestyle, even though it feels out-dated." Alas, that is the point. I am 75, was raised on an Ohio farm where we had seasonal traditional meals, my great grandparents of Bavarian heritage both lived to 103. Great grandma did kaballic herbal healing, great grandpa passed at his water-powered lathe doing woodworking. He brewed dark doppelbochs, great grandma made her own sherries and herbed vinegars. Me today? I live and work in Seattle's historic Pike Place Market, and even have my own herbs and kumquats in my windows, and I make my living selling hand-turned rare-wood peppermills in the market, and can and pickle everything I can seasonally. Even in senior housing in the city, I still follow the seasons. We can do this.
This was very informative. Do you or your grandparents eat any animal products or meat?
@@john210-nz2on they did in traditional quantities, most self-raised and slaughtered. I was vegetarian for several decades, but after I turned 60 re-introduced small amounts back into my diet for trace-mineral needs and as a flavoring agent, but not in bulk amounts. I get these from organic free range raised animals from small regional farms I know.
Did your grandparents consume a lot of fats? I am currently on a ketogenic diet which means most of my calories come from fats and almost none from carbohydrates. I think that carbohydrates arent conducive to health but maybe im wrong and have just been eating them from the wrong sources.
@@jackstrubbe7608
My great grandmother from Sardinia died at the age of 101, and my mother died at 98. Sardinia is a magic place, with rich history and traditions going back to ancient times.
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Did they eat much meat or no?
@@plants_and_wellness1574 We do eat a lot of meat in Sardinia, pork, cow, boar, sheep etc..
@@plants_and_wellness1574 No, they didn't. We have a lot of meat dishes but meat was originally ate rarely (because it was expensive) and in small portions.
The diet was mostly plant based: seasonal vegetables, bread, legumes, olive oil.
@@fmls8266 hey! Thanks for replying 🙏 that is what I thought. I did a deep dive into the diets of the longest living cultures and they all eat a plant heavy diet with little to no meat.
Sardinia so reminds me of my home town in the east coast of Spain. The women gesticulate and talk like my grandmother, the landscapes are the same as in our mountains. Even their dialect reminds me of the way people talk in the small villages in the mountains of Valencia.. My grandmother lived a hundred years. She was a calm and wise woman. She ate mediterranean food, olive oil, vegetables, fish, lentills, chickpeas, not much meat and never drunk cow milk, but ate goat cheese. And of course a little bit of red wine some days. It was always a modest way of life. She never ate or drunk much and I think that is also a reason for longevity; being a bit ascetic. Today I live in Germany and more than ever I can see why people there are so healthy. The reason for longevity is food, but it is also a wisedom about what life is about. Family, friends, having good conversations, the sense for community. and minimalism too (due to centuries of poverty).
Where did she get her calcium, did she also drink goat milk?
Sardinian is not a dialect, but a real language like every languege of Europe .
I was so emotionally touched by this video. When I was a lil girl my aunt's uncle's grandma all were a big part of my life. Times are so different now. I would love to live here with all the family traditions and foods. It's such a sense of family that's missing in today's world. Made me long for my childhood. My grandparents were sheep herders from ukrania
Slava Ukraini!
yes so true I grew up in a Italian immigrant family .family and love
Yes I agree, fragmented society and loneliness is worse for your health can cigarettes
A secret to long and healthy life... great relationships, fresh food prepared at home, regular excercise, a lot of free time and stress free life, slow life.
The opposite? Working in corporation 10 - 11 hours a day and having no time and energy for anything else. Sad life.
I totally agree!
💯 , especially the close family network. Elderly are highly cherished and respected in Mediterranean countries .
Then change it !
Drinking alcohol in bars without food rather than wine with meals! Very bad. Dinner is an all night affair in Europe with conversation. You don't swallow your food down it's a social event
Some of it is genetic, too. As they said, people there were living much longer than the average back in Roman times.
Sardinia is really a paradise...no other words to say!
wish i could move there
My grandparents, aunts and uncles all lived to be into their nineties and over 100. My aunt died peacefully in her sleep at 103. They all died peacefully in their sleep and their key was simple, eat well, organic, home grown food and be surrounded by the love of your family and beautiful music … fresh air away from the trappings of inner city life. One of my grandmothers just celebrated her 100th birthday last June and is still as spry as she was at fifty. I fully expect her to be around for another four or five years, who knows? Perhaps longer. It is truly a blessing.
This man appreciates people.He could live anywhere
Lifestyle, healthy food, genetics, clean air, and probably most of all close ties with family, friends, and neighbors.
I am from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India... I liked your documentary... Thank you for sharing Sardinia culture and life
So positivity, diet and exercise. We should all strive for these 3.
Lots of olive oil ,garlic pomegranate 100% juice. Lot's of fruits & vegetables especially broccoli ,asparagus , cauliflower etc
Wow! The sisters rolling the dough is beautiful and their fingers are so accurate, quick, and graceful.
There's a LOT to learn from these lovely people. My one visit to Sardinia was an absolute joy that I'll remember for the rest of my life.
I want to go there. They look like lovely people, always there for one another. The way it used to be. I miss that now, everything is too rushed. We have to slow down to appreciate the little things, which I remember to this day.
i had a friend who lived to 113 years old. He did not like to eat a lot. He stayed sharp until his last days. He taught himself to use the computer and used to email me. One day I asked him what life was like during the world war.... and he asked me "which one ?"
The idea of worry should be explored; I think people who are currently worried about the livelihood of their current and future living causes stress and can shorten life.
Yes thats reality so explore to relax and learn more
Bingo! The clean living and less stress make a huge difference. Stress changes your DNA. It’s a fact backed by science now. The epigenes change almost immediately as you get various experiences. That’s fast evolution at work.
@@annunacky4463 interesting 🧐 we might be just in time to reverse this terrible trend of enslaving others…? Annunaki?
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Yes. Just notice how long term stress rapidly ages you.
I'm japanese and my both grandparents lived over 95 years old. Never hospitalized.
No chronic illness like high blood pressure or diabetes.
What do they used to eat ?
Beautiful ladies, can't believe she is 101 her skin, her hair, her mentality all on point. Beautiful people, beautiful country! Bravo!
The hot dry climate induces the herbs and vegetables to sink their roots deep and gather minerals from the soil. And the healthy oils are vital along with adequate sunlight. And exercise is especially critical for men. When I was very active, my psoriasis disappeared for 5 years. When the dancing stopped, it came back even though I walk a lot at work.
Exercise is very important for men and women. That's one of the reasons they live longer then men in other countries. I understood that in a video someone said, men live equally long then women, because they move at a slow pace all day long doing chores outside.
Women do more chores and move more, especially when kids are born and men are more lazy and hang on the bar or on the couch. While women are never able to relax at home and outside. That is not healthy, when men move less every day.
The psoriasis story is interresting btw.
Also...take more vitamin D, E, A, K for psoriasis. Only in natural form from food or supplements. Vitamin C too and trace minerals. A lot of herbs organic if possible.
my aunt will be 105 in December. I made her an Italian cheesecake she ate it. she was born in Trieste she has a full head of hair and teeth.
Interesting, my grandparents had the same "recipe" for life. They worked in the countryside, spending about 65 years working and eating what they had planted, besides meat, fish without any specific diet and my grandmother used to drink wine almost every day while my grandfather had never consumed any alcoholic drinks. My grandfather reached the age of 102 and my grandmother 96.
I will take the booze option please I wont miss a few years if it means I will be happy 🙂
My grandfather was the same, he reached 105, born in 1898 and passed in 2003. He smoked for 40 years, and he also drank. He fought in both world wars in the Navy.
I believe his longevity is due to living near an active volcano (Mt. Saint Helen's,) the water that washed down the mountain and filled their aquafirs was very pure and alkaline. That area is a blue zone.
@@nw8000 I thought that too!🤩
@@l.sophia2803 I just heard from somebody I worked with that his friend who lived health (Ahem) and died walking his dog in a field at 38 from a hart attack whilst his uncle (Boozer and smoker) still lives at 78 and never felt better. Go Figure huh?
@@nw8000 I hope he’s enjoying it cause it seems like that’s going to matter!! Just had some nice red myself 😄
Sardinia is such a beautiful place! Had the pleasure of visiting in 1990. The people were warm and kind. The food was all very fresh and delicious. Would love to return!
Please take me with you! Lol it is my dream to visit places like Sardinia to immersed in their culture and have dinner with them, work in the farm while I’m there, talk to them etc.
@@ivi122 an house here costs as low as 100k in the country side, maybe even less for big mansions that need a restoration
@@skyper8934 For 100k you can buy a house in the suburbs of the capital city. In the countryside, houses cost basically nothing. Nobody buys there.
I would love to visit Sardinia.
This has been a great series. Enjoyed every episode!
Gosh dang this changed my mood for my Sunday, I'm actually looking forward to going to the grocery store today and look for better things than I normally would, oh thanks that inspired me !
Great show! My people are not from Ikaria (we’re mainlanders) but one of my nephews married and settled on the island: he’s ninety-eight and still going strong. Sardinia looks amazing - reminds me a great deal of Ikaria!
If you're nephew is 98, good heavens, how old are you? Clearly you're a long lifer!
They are not poor, they like to live in a contact with nature, in a simple and genuine way.
That's one of the "secret"
Simple and genuine.
Up to a certain point I guess it doesn't matter how long a person lives for but what he/she does that is relevant to making the World a better place to live in for all.
That's right. Once you die you won't know whether you lived 30 or 1000 years.
What a wonderful documentary. So beautiful to see these families and their bond, way of life, and culture. From this I take with me to continue cooking as much as possible to avoid processed foods and to slow down and smell the roses 🌹. I love Italy so much, it is very inspiring.
Beautiful place, people,
Lifestyle, So closer to Mother Nature. It is the blessing of God. Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
This is by far one of my favorite videos ever. I would love to go to places like these and meet the locals and totally immersed in the culture and have dinner together with their family etc. I don’t care to visit big cities I love the countryside so much. Thank you for this video and I hope you do more like these
@Elisabeth Mahama oh I wish I could, but I have kids so I can’t but would love to visit and work while there
I would love to buy for one euro refresh it and stay living there.. but where can I address to do this ?? Can you help me please ? Thanks so much ..!🙏
Italy has so many Agriturismo's where you can stay on a farm for your vacation. Lovely experiences!
Simple food but full of nutrients. The two ladies are so gorgeous and strong. Bless them all. Praise God.
The oldest man alive in the world is in Spain...His name is Saturnino de la Fuente and he is 112 years and 312 days old ...He is from the province of León...There are 8 people alive in Spain that are 110 years old and older all the way up to 114 years of age and 291days...The oldest woman in Spain is 114 years and 291 days...Her name is María Brañas...In Japan they have the oldest woman in the world Her name is Kane Tanaka and she is 118 years old and 352 days...Almost 119, She was born in January 2,, of 1903...Japan is the country with the most elderly people and the oldest in the world...Spain follows very close behind...
It’s not just how long you live it’s quality of life and health. Many of these centenarians are living active full lives still. I’ve seen videos on others who are older and their quality life isn’t great.
Your diet is very very important BUT I believe being positive, grateful for all your blessings and having faith that “ your life is in God’s hands and HE knows what is best for you” is EXTREMELY important!!! I have many relatives from both sides that lived or are still living in their late nineties but all on medicines and ‘difficult ‘ personalities to say the least😱
Excellent! The grandmothers advice at the end is priceless. Thank you.
I enjoyed this video very much watching the chef travel from hillside to hillside over the mountains. Scenery was so beautiful and their longevity is attributed to olive oil. We have always been told that olive oil is a powerhouse for your heart, your skin, your hair, nails everything. My father ate five cloves of garlic every morning and had a powerful heart.
I want to say I deeply appreciate the effort and sacrifice it takes to really understand something. In your case, what makes blue zones blue zones. Academic study is only part of it; you need to put your boots on the ground at some point and experience what you chose to study. This adds value that cannot be easily quantified. I see that value come thru in this video and will be watching the rest of the series. Nuance is often undervalued in modern society when it comes to understanding on a deep level and nuance comes from experience.
Amazing that the gramma is 88, she is very healthy, alert, active.
She looks fabulous.
I had a sedentary life working in an office, I hope to reverse my ailments.
A friend of mine improved her health after suffering a heart attack at 88, by completely changing her diet. She is more active and limber and has shed some weight.
when i lost 67 lbs my type 2 diabetes went away
@@garythornbury9793 That's very good. Did you diet for a good while ?
@@ninaswift6979 i dieted for about 6 months thank you for your kind words.
I am so making that tomato basil pesto. Those tomatoes were picked, sun warm from the vine minutes before making the sauce so were full of nutrients. The basil was picked at the peak of its nutrient value as well. The cheese is most likely organic from pastured animals nearby in the region without hormones and antibiotics and the olive oil top notch and fresh, not held in a tank and blended with older, inferior oil for a year. I grow my own organic tomatoes, garlic and basil and import my pecorino from Italy as well as the olive il but no way can my pesto be as highly nutritious as this. That looks amazing
Vegetables etc., actually have more nutrients a few days after being picked x
I do the same. But the difficulty is finding a quality olive oil.
CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US WHICH OLIVE OIL YOU GET AND WHERE CAN WE ORDER IT? THNX
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I so agree Anstria, can you share the recipe or ratio you use to make the salsa as such? I am in Australia
And plants without pesticides.
In Croatia,part Dalmatia people also live very long..my grandparants almost 100,and they all ate mostly animal products...soups,cooked meat,and looots of vine and rakia in the morning,once a week fermented cabbage or yogurt
Maybe the secret us to eat the same as your ancestors
What a great documentary about longevity and a simple lifestyle of these beautiful people!
My mother passed 100 years old. She was very healthy up until she stop growing her own food. The family want her to stop because she was 90 years old. 5 years After she stop her health start change!! Groceries story food has a lots chemical / generic food is not the same. Years ago people used to leave longer! Food was heathy , air was cleaner / less stressed.
My mother just turned 96 . She is a proud Sicilian from Catania. Her health is very good. Her relative strength and mobilty is remarkable. I absolutely believe that health and longevity lie in a person's genes.
My mum’s family all lived into their late ninetees Mum is 97 now no health issues. They all had cod liver oil each morning as children
Wow! I’m 61 and that guy, who is 61, looks as old as my dad who is 82. ..crazy. Genetic.
A show on the Amish people's diet and nutrition tools would be so interesting.
Auntie Flo made it to a hundred. She said that if she knew she was going to live so long, she would have taken care of herself!!
This would be especially interesting to see these traditional dishes over the various seasons, since the ingredients are said to change with the seasons.
it doesn't matter if its outdated....it works and it works well
live simple, eat simple, no materials things, close family ties. i like slow pace in life, love to live in the province, yes, maybe im outdated person.
its only about lifestyle. does not matter where you are, if you harvest the local and seasonal goods, grow them organic, preserve or process them yourself and make a cycle of it, you will live a long happy life. dont forget that if you live in America, this diet may not work for you. look what grows good, organic and seasonal in your area and make a diet based on that. also having a farm is magical.
It is an intensely local diet in harmony with the environment and made by human hands. We don’t need a lot for a simple happy life
It’s been proven that it’s not directly linked to the food that they eat but rather the fact that they are in community with one another that they live in a community and they behave like a community.
My mother's people are from Castlefranchi (near Avellino) my grand mother and her sisters all came to the US except 1... all the US sisters died in their 80s and 90s... the one that remained in Italy lived to be 107...
Rules ; avoid stress - you can't change the world.
Avoid all factory foods like the plague .
No sugar.
Walk every day .
It can be so simple.
My GG grandmother lived to 101. She was the oldest resident in her town in Pennsylvania in 1950 and had a write up in the local paper. She almost made it to 102.
They are concentrating on what diets these people who live longer lives might have but they are forgetting how much these people stay so active and do a lot of (physical) work daily.. that would possibly be one of the biggest reasons they live longer.
(Also notice how none of these longevity areas have fast food restaurants.)
My friend died last week and she was 106! She was born and died in the Midwest ( no blue here). She ate lots of homemade fruit jelly packed with granulated sugar, chicken fried in soybean oil, lots of beef and drank sugary drinks.
No stress. Simple life. Natural foods
My grandmother taught us to make her gnocchi and so many other dishes. She lived a long and healthy life.
Watching from Fiji. Thank you so much for sharing with us your journey to the land of oldest people. I enjoyed very much their way of living plus their diet. Thank you God bless you.
I am 13% sarda...my grandgrandparents were 91 an 93 years old.They were married 70 years.Their genetics were very strong,never ill ,grandgrandpa went on his bike to church and fellt asleep in church and never woke Up ...My Mom is also on the way...78 years old,strong like nobody else I know,energy like a youngster,much more than I have.She always tells us laughing she is going to bury us all...and meanwhile I am sure of that!
Most common things i see for this longevity peoples are great nature, phisically active, acceptance, low stress level, and daily prepared their own meals, no matter what they ate either plant base or animal protein as long as not fast foods that will be fine.
The latest science supports most of your thoughts.
I am so proud to be half Italian..... where my Grandparents on my mother s side were born.....and I would love to have this wonderful soup that this charming 88-year-old woman made...... I am a soup lover .....and I would love to visit Sardegna before it is too late....!!!!
Then do it as soon as possible. Only you can make it happen. Meanwhile start learning Italian ( that is if you don't already know it) because you will so want to converse with the locals. God bless and great to hear that you are proud of being half Italian 👏🇮🇹❤️
@@angelaberni8873 Grazie Angela, May God blees you and keep you safe also....!!!!
Sardinian and Italian are not the same thing.
@@christobalev3246Yes, they may be different, speak differently because there are over 100 dialects spoken in Italy, and the cuisine is different in Sardegna from Rome to Florence and even to Naples......but they are all ITALIANS to begin with...!!!!
@@carolann5338 Wrong. Sardinia is not Italy, it belongs politically to it as a colony. And Sardinia is not a dialect but an official language since 1400 and then recognized in 1997. Culturally and historically we are totally different. So no, you're wrong.
I love watching this video showing up cultures, people, ancient places. ♥️
Not poor. Rich in space, rich in fresh air, rich in community, lifestyle rich in natural exercise, rich in tasty healthy, natural foods. Maybe cannot afford a big car, all the latest fashions & a big screen T.V. Rich in foods made to feed people rather than making someone the maximum profit. Who needs the big car, the latest fashions, the big T.V. & the factory foods? I would rather have the community & the good food.
Eat home cooked meals. 🏵A lot of vegetables.🌼 Accept things as they come positively. 🌸
The media who coined this term "blue zones" haven't gone to the Cordillera region, Philippines where people specially women reach up to 110 or more. Their diet is poor on sea foods and high on carbs mainly rice and cassava. They sometimes eat smoked meat or fermented meat and yes also pork fats and chicken fats. They drink rice wine on a regular basis. Their diet is not what you can call today as healthy but there's one thing they do that's different from the other population: they're always working, tilling the soil, mobile and never sedentary.
On the contrary. What you have described is whole food and extremely healthy.
The eldest in our family is 98. No medicine eats well but always moving. Always working even if shorter bouts.