The Blue Zones are Fraud Debunked

[@MictheVegan]

FYI the Costa Rica trip is completely unconnected to the Nicoya, Costa Rica area Blue Zone. It would be cool to go there but I am not profiting off Blue Zones as a brand in case this seemed connected. BLUE ZONES ARE TRUE ZONES 🤙 Also sry Gianni for saying your name wrong at least once.

[@eugenetswong]

Thanks, Mic!

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

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[@craigjenks9064]

@@MictheVegan a little but did get the gist of that . was interesting anyway 👍.

[@craigjenks9064]

oh and yes I did not take it as your profiting . I do like your theories and ideas some similar some I differ but none the less I respect your views 👍

[@ronescalona]

i hope and i pray that all of your loved ones follow you,what you did,like doing and eating a vegan diet without any supplementation...hope you and all of those who follow and believe you stay healthy long term doin' a vegan diet...😅😮😢

[@i2sky532]

The lengths people will go to to avoid saying vegetables are good for you astounds me.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Dr. Doug Graham said to be healthy eat more fruit and vegetables. He said people PAY him just to tell them that. Doug said part of the reason why businesses or the pharmaceuticals don't just push for people to eat whole plants is because you can't patron a peach.

[@JaneDough-i2c]

It really is weird how people be hating on veggies. Oh well, more for us!

[@i2sky532]

@@JaneDough-i2c yep!

[@subwayfacemelt4325]

@@i2sky532 watch out for oxalates, they can be a problem if you're microbiome/gut lining is ill equipped to deal with them/keep them out.

[@Zett76]

@@JaneDough-i2c "Oh well, more for us!" Actually, not true. There would be more for us, if humanity wouldn't waste 30-50% (different studies, different numbers) of our fields to grow food for cattle...

[@miketrebert7788]

No. No. You did it for me! Thanks so much for getting into research mode about this. I flagged The Ignobel thing a few weeks ago here. Very satisfying. It’s hard enough being an 80-year-old vegan with everyone taking lazy shots and being generally dismissive. I just visited my son and his family in Sweden. Folks were generally spooked at how fit and rational (!) I am. My next door neighbour has a Ph. D. And is 30 years younger than I am. He tells me straight up that he’s very impressed that I seem a lot younger than he would expect. I was a vegetarian for 50 years, then “graduated” to vegan about 6 years ago. Having said all that, I usually shut up and speak when spoken to because nobody likes a smartass.

[@JaneDough-i2c]

Mmmuha❤ you made me smile!!!

[@eng.miroslavmanahilov1944]

I like smart people! Find your people :)))

[@zantecarroll4448]

ah God i know! you remind me of my mum ..she was a Divincian vegetarian from five years old, she brought me up a vegetarian and then we both went vegan 15 years ago when we realized vegetarianism was almost pointless for the animals ...her memory at 85 was better than anyone at 20 .her sharp mind and strong muscular body was shocking , unfortunately she also smoked and her lungs got her ...nobody gave her the respect she deserved because i think her moral code and moral consistency was confronting to the average 'successful' person who seem to generally run on an unconscious self serving egocentric spiritual bankruptcy dressed up as self righteous morality relying on lots of irrational fake facts made up by corporations and reiterated by influencers ...frustrating for the animals ❤

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

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[@JohnDoe-s3v2v]

Good for you! My mum is now vegan, having previously not eaten meat since the 1950s. She's about to turn 81, and is the sharpest person I know - and she's getting smarter! She keeps breaking her own record for completing the (incredibly difficult) Private Eye cryptic crossword. I've got a 161 IQ and a PhD; but she's noticeably smarter. Plant power! 👊

[@Viva-Longevity]

Thank you. 🙏 I read half this paper maybe 6 months ago and so many yellow and red flags popped up, I didn’t finish. Great job chasing down credible references. 👏

[@kirstypollock6811]

I think I mentioned this recently in a comment on your channel. So I apologise for my then-ignorance! Back then, I found it convincing, of course now I don't! I never doubted the diet and lifestyle, and the channel on which I saw the interview with Saul Newman was of a doctor who is pro fruit, veg, fiber, exercise etc. so it wasn't an obvious "bash". Just goes to show how hard it is for us normal people to get a clear view. Now I have better data. At least I didn't hold that erroneous opinion for very long, and I never for a second considered changing my plant based whole food diet! But I'm sorry I did for long enough to make a stupid comment. Oh well. Can't be perfect all the time.

[@someguy2135]

Kudos for correcting your earlier comment. That is so rare on social media

[@ThatVeganTeacherYouTube]

❤ Vegan Report Card = 100% ❤
 ✅You care beyond yourself
 ✅You’re not a selfish narcissist
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[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

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[@MictheVegan]

Thanks Chris! Honestly after reading the main points initially I was willing to give a lot of leeway and almost bought some of it but every time I actually checked a claim it was heavily misapplied.

[@jeffj318]

Thanks, Mike, for the superb video and information. I was a carnivore for 18 months and never again. The influencers tell you you are doing great when you are actually dying with too much saturated fat! Long live the plant-based way of eating.

[@deancooling3480]

One of my macrobiotic teachers, a Fulbright scholar who's lectured in 27 countries, visited the people of Vilcabamba some years ago. It's a place where there are a high proportion of centenarians. As he entered the town the sign on the road said - 'Vilcabamba - The Valley of Longevity". But he said he saw lots of young people in the township drinking coke and eating fast food. "The land of longevity will be short-lived", he lamented.

[@tspicks4360]

Thanks Mic. Been seeing a lot of this "Let's crap on Blue Zones" stuff lately, including things from some of the Keto/Carnivore people. This nice summation of evidence here is appreciated!

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

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[@StanDupp6371]

2001 Japan study, "The relationship of nutrient intakes to life expectancies in Japan since the Second World War has demonstrated that sufficient intakes of animal protein and fat are crucial for attaining longevity. In the community dwelling elderly, the higher the serum albumin was, the longer the further life expectancy in the elderly. Serum total cholesterol showed a U-shape relationship to further life expectancies in the elderly. Low serum cholesterol was deleterious for higher levels of functional capacity. Low serum cholesterol and low serum alpha-tochopherol accelerated depressive status in the community dwelling elderly."

[@tspicks4360]

@@StanDupp6371 Glancing at that study, it appears they looked at undernourished elderly people, feeding them meals with more calories, including more protein. Note that "protein" is NOT intrinsically from animals. Not quite grounds to say, "sufficient intakes of animal protein and fat are crucial for attaining longevity." :) Particularly when we see the neighboring Okinawans attaining unusual longevity eating a diet very LOW in fat and animal derived foods. (As MIc illustrated in this very video). As for low cholesterol, look up "cholesterol paradox". In a nutshell, higher mortality due to various maladies was a CAUSE of low cholesterol, not a result.

[@StanDupp6371]

@@tspicks4360 The study said "sufficient intakes of animal protein and fat are crucial for attaining longevity" and you want to change the study? There are no Okinawan healthy elderly or centenarians eating a low fat diet unless you can provide the study. The 1949 diet survey shown at 7:23 was not the centenarian diet it was the starvation diet after the war that wrecked their health.

[@russoga]

​@@StanDupp6371 i dont think high colestherol is good for us specially at older age. Unless you like strokes. 😂

[@kamifaye]

Why do so many people view whole plant foods as an enemy ..?

[@Cliodhna-z1i]

Money going out of meat industry and going into plant industry. It's all about Money

[@GarudaLegends]

Because alot of ppl are allergic to them. I am allergic to legumes/beans and wheat. Also most vegetables make me sick like alot of ppl.

[@Cliodhna-z1i]

@@GarudaLegends In EU everyone eats everything in moderation mostly. Some balkan countries are more meat leaning but they do eat legumes and wheats since it is traditional. There isn't this crazy keto movement. If you have a specific issue, which is NOT common to most people (like not reacting well to veggies or legumes or cereals) then OF COURSE it is cruel to force something upon someone that can't sustain it or feel happy with it- but it goes sideways if you know what I mean.So the middle ground is not to hate on veganism promoting a healthier lifestyle, given how planned already it has to be- and I think vegans of plant aligned people won't be too in the face of people that eat meat of course. But keep in mind, some people just have their stomach turned upside down from the meat industry- I'm sure if you watch one of those torture clips, you'd feel the same. So it's really a difficult situation and a need for change.

[@HoboGardenerBen]

They were forced to eat them as kids and a lot of veggies in the store taste like garbage. Fresh snap peas from the garden is a lot different from some frozen\canned peas. Tomatoes from the grocery store are terrible, I hate them, but garden tomatoes are one of my favorite of all foods. Hard to blame people for not liking that horrible stuff, people need to garden and come to understand how delicious plants are.

[@HoboGardenerBen]

​@@GarudaLegendsIf you get tested you will find out you are not allergic to most of those plants and have just decided you don't like them. We are extremely capable of making shit up and convincing ourselves of stuff like that, when the real cause is just an idea and emotional reaction, often from being forced to eat them as kids. Not eating veggie is like a rebellion against authority. But grow your own in the garden and you will discover a world of amazing flavors and textures.

[@Robert-yc9ql]

Nicely done. It seems as if crying "Fraud!" is one way to get recognition, even though the person doing the crying is the actual fraud. Thank you for showing how ridiculously false the writer's data was.

[@Zett76]

The sheer amount of times I have to read "They lied to you!", here on YT... and my feed is, or at least I like to think so, pretty sophisticated.

[@thebowandbullet]

Methinks the nonvegans doth protest too much.

[@The40yearoldVegan]

Heyyy you! Me thinks you is right!!!

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

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[@russoga]

Has some of the here in the coments...

[@BillMurey-om3zw]

Okinawans think of themselves as Japanese in the same way Hawaiians think of themselves as American.

[@miken1463]

Please explain.

@@miken1463, Okinawa was colonized by the Japanese Empire as recently as 1867. Likewise, Hawaii is a US colony forcefully annexed by the US in 1898.

[@Zett76]

Almost every ethnic group has people who say "actually, we are not XY"... 😀 People. Thankfully, they have no other problems, it seems.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

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It’s worse than you think. This pre-print paper is being used to convey the idea that you have to live in a highly affluent, urbanized and Westernized region with a strong State-run healthcare system in order to have any chance to grow into a centenarian.

Eg, “"Blue Zones": Are People Living Longer or Just Committing More Fraud?” Rebecca Watson (Skepchick) (2024-09-30) kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZCbmJ-IhpmBeKM

[@yangtse55]

Although I am horrified as a European at US healthcare, as a 64yo WFPB cyclist since my 20s, I am somewhat bemused by the healthcare argument as well as population models in general. (the UK QRISK heart health calculator adds 1% for my "deprived" postcode but is not directly interested in diet and exercise) I aim to live in my own "Blue Zone" bubble...

[@zeroclout6306]

I knew you would drop this eventually. Thank you so much, your channel is indespensable

[@mylesraymond7364]

I’m guessing the author of said study is a big fan of cheeseburgers and milkshakes.

[@rainbowtravelingyogi]

Thanks for the video, I’ve been waiting for some one to respond to this particular false accusation ❤

[@dountoothers]

These days, when I hear people challenge things like blue zones, I am mediately think, doubt-merchant/shill.

[@k.h.6991]

Well yeah, it's inconceivable that poverty food (rice and beans) is actually healthy.

[@aboutsupplies]

1. **Study Title:** Association between White Rice Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes **Publication:** BMJ **Changes in Relative Risk:** Asians consuming the highest amounts of white rice had a 55% increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to those with the lowest intake. The relative risk for each additional serving per day was 1.11. 2. **Study Title:** White Rice Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Meta-Analysis **Publication:** Nature Review **Changes in Relative Risk:** Relative risk of 1.55 for the highest versus lowest white rice consumption categories in Asian populations. 3. **Study Title:** Impact of White Rice Intake on Diabetes Risk in South Asians **Publication:** FoodNavigator-Asia **Changes in Relative Risk:** South Asians consuming ≥450g of white rice daily had a 61% increased risk of diabetes compared to those consuming less. These studies underscore the significant link between high white rice consumption and increased diabetes risk in Asian populations.

[@HoboGardenerBen]

​@@aboutsuppliesStill doesn't describe causation. The other foods eaten with the rice matter a lot too. Each food mixed in totally changes the metabolic response in multiple ways. Rice is very close to sugar, metabolically, so it makes sense that it could be an issue. But it you eat it with a bunch of fiber rich veggies and healthy fats then that meal can still be super healthy. If you just pound white rice by itself, then sure, bad idea.

[@dj.h7424]

@@HoboGardenerBenindeed, excess white and sticky rice consumption may well indicate a sweet tooth tendency and less health awareness so it isn't a reach.

[@harakeke11]

Wow, thanks for the hours of research you did for this deep dive.

[@davehjerpe5373]

A very well done video and very well researched - Strong work!

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Watch Planet Wild on how the Maasai people are healing the desert and growing plants. Some nonvegans liked to use the Maasai people as an excuse.

[@janerkenbrack3373]

I heard about this blue zone debunk, and listened to Rebecca Watson get fooled by it. Even people who are capable of skeptical thought don't always practice skeptical thinking. What I noticed from the claim, was that they put all of their eggs in the basket of longevity. They didn't seem to address the lower risks of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, etc., among the people who live in blue zones - and who continue to eat the "blue zone diet." Here I mean centering their diets on plants, with the majority of calories coming from starchy plants, and even from single crops. At best, this blue zone debunking claim should make us somewhat skeptical about one issue - longevity. Whether or not you accept the longevity claims (which I mostly do accept), there is little doubt that those who maintain the plant-based diets of simple high fiber foods, and very little meat, have lower occurrence of the illnesses mentioned above, as well as all cause mortality. The inclusion of data from non-blue zone locations suggests a thumb on the scale to boost the numbers they are trying to show. It seems dishonest. Also, I didn't understand why they thought that poor people should face shorter lives than wealthy people. It is this exact change in diet as these people move from blue zone diets to western diets associated with greater wealth, that has caused the increases in illness and early mortality. In any case, blue zones are real, and starch-based diets that eschew animal products will increase general health, which will surely result in longer lifes.

[@StanDupp6371]

There is no such thing as Blue Zones as it is a made up word by Dan Buettner, a man with no MD or Ph.D, and not a scientist with no credentials in any healthcare or medical field. Wikipedia says he is a storyteller. Santa Claus was also a storyteller. As a slick and clever businessman Buettner sold his Blue Zones LLC business to the Adventist religion money making business for 78 million dollars. The Blue Zones book is not accredited by anything as far as reliable information goes as it is an entertainment book. There are over 500,000 centenarians in the world right now that have not yet died from cancer or heart disease and less than one percent are in those so called Blue Zones so it is completely irrelevant to anything since it leaves out what the other 99% of long lived healthy centenarians do and zero of them consume the diet promoted in the Blue Zones book.

[@justinw1765]

The sad thing is that most blue zones are fading away because people are abandoning the traditional diets and ways of the areas.

[@waitaminutewhoarrrrru]

Obviously, I agree that people should be vegan and should also exercise, but I'm just going to say that I can't really blame people for not talking to their neighbors. Neighbors are somewhat of a high risk group to interact with because, if they don't like you, they know where you live. And you can't just move in today's economy. There's a housing shortage from sea to shining sea, lol. Just trying to be fair.

[@GarudaLegends]

The vegan diet is unhealthy. Over 70% of vegans get sick amd quit.

[@richardlynch1094]

I am my own blue zone. Green really..

[@MichaelToub]

Great Video!

[@robintaylor1466]

See you in Costa Rica...Pura Vida💚

[@MictheVegan]

Yayyyyy sloths!!

[@joseluiscorreao.2679]

Thank you Mic!😊

[@joedusel]

LOL, my Okinawan wife eats a lot of sweet potatoes these days, but what people eat in Okinawa these days is not particularly healthy.

[@defenderoftheadverb]

Thanks Mic.

[@prieten49]

I live in Hokkaido where there were 19 missing out of 2019 total centenarians in 2010 but Miyazaki prefecture was worse with 28 missing out of 576 total centenarians. I think the city hall officials in Miyazaki Prefecture need to pick up their game!

[@RiDankulous]

My brother flew into Sapporo to go snowboarding with some friends. He says it’s nice.

[@andreawalker7138]

Great video, Mic!

[@suicune2001]

Thanks!

[@deepakhiranandani6488]

Thanks. Lots of points tackled in the concise video. Of course it's good, important to show up things which ultimately could cause significant public harm by being yet another force in turning people away from a health promoting lifestyle.

[@AvengerNk]

Remaining as a preprint for years indicates that it was rejected by the reviewers, probably by several journals.

[@marzettik]

Cool video. ❤

[@julioandresgomez3201]

The legumes point is very interesting, as both raw vegans, paleos, ketos, carnivores agree that human beings are not designed to eat legumes. And yet ...

[@Madasin_Paine]

Lentil pasta is lentils and has much more protein. Adds variety to starches and includes a unique spectrum of nutrients... TJ's tempeh is an unbeatable source of carbs beans and proteins. Fermented.

[@LegsON]

Very interesting point. Reminds me of a rule I came up with "inadequate problems require inadequate solutions". Maybe striving to live longer is such a problem from a nature's perspective. On the other hand, really makes one wonder if the same can be applied to such controversial products as dairy, eggs and flesh.

[@thegoodguyalwayswins]

Raw vegans don't eat anything cooked, but they are fine eating sprouted legumes like sprouted lentils, beans, and other plants.

[@dj.h7424]

love my sprouted seeds and legumes, love cooked beans. We adapt, to thrive; science can help us live long and healthy.

[@reinux]

Is this partly a response to Sabine's recent video? Because I just watched another video on dark matter where she also tacitly got called out... I dunno what's gotten into her lately.

[@joeln432]

0 views 0 comments 0 likes? it's like this video was made for me ..

[@MictheVegan]

I dooo it for youuu

[@NiranjanBendre]

If you doubt the blue zone then - better call Saul! 😅

[@MictheVegan]

Omg I wanted to make a better call Saul joke but figured it would go over 90% of people's heads so thank you!!

[@NiranjanBendre]

@ 😂

[@mesere7]

The guy is British. Next “research” will be fish and chips and sausages rolls (and all other crappy food in UK) are great for you Crappy food is almost a religion in UK 😂😂😂

[@sr-kt9ml]

Glad you brought back the music!

[@elpretender1357]

6:30 I’d also like to add that the western diet is not the only reason why Okinawans now eat less vegetables and sweet potatoes. Okinawa has an extremely cycling/pedestrian-unfriendly layout, and there’s few trains compared to other places in japan. That compound the problem. People hardly do any excercise and are becoming sedentary, so drive-thrus and fast food restaurants are the more convenient way to get food.

[@Human_Herbivore]

There seems to be only one blue zone left.

[@danalexander186]

Any recommendations on where to get good sugarcane to start growing from?

[@LokiDWolf]

I don't get why people need so much validation to do wrong with their health. So much so, that when something comes out not going after them but showing how eating healthy and/or being vegan has great benefits they can't wait to try and "debunk" it. I mean, it's so pathetic. Especially in current times when concrete, unbiased data is so readily available.

[@martysk8r]

"The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only, there is no stopping in the red zone." Airplane! (1980)

[@TDSCymro]

It was another youtuber that I heard this off of. She is generally rational by my estimations but she does seem to have a bit of a 'biased spot' against veganism. I remember where she quoted Earthling Ed saying that we would have no diseases in a vegan world in an older video, which was totally miles off the mark of what he said. Thanks for clearing this up. Seems like this recent paper generally has a bias against the blue zone guys' business practices, not confident it is somethinf specifically about veganism in this case.

[@roverdover4449]

I was a bit turned off that the authors registered "blue zone" is a registered trademark, obviously for business purposes. Also, they include “A healthy social network”, and then also include “Being religious or spiritual”. Wouldn’t that fit under “healthy social network” already. Shows a religious affiliated business is making the assertions.

[@LeviathanSparrow]

Anyone who's been to Japan lately can confirm that that country's general population is old AF.

[@ejRecording]

Now, the question in my mind is what do these centenarians typically die of? I thought I had read or seen somewhere that many of them die peacefully in their sleep, cognitive and mobile up til death. ❤

[@sabineveggiebeens8983]

Do you have a video on the argument that we have the stomach acid of a carnivore ?I m being bombarded with that argument lately 😮...

[@maiqueashworth]

I think the whole blue zone thing is interesting, but the important evidence is from the intervention studies. The blue zone studies and ancestral diet knowledge just fit with the strong evidence that we have. And by trying to use these weaker evidence sources we end up weakening the arguments by distracting from the strong evidence.

[@RiDankulous]

I agree a lot, but even some observational studies also show far better evidence then blue zones concept. Not all observational studies are equal far from it. Some are have adjusted for appropriately for non-confounding factors. There are some very useful intervention studies on diet.

[@maiqueashworth]

​@@RiDankulousfrankly I haven't made up my mind on this, but the China study certainly seems to be very good evidence, though they did also do some interventional studies to back up what the observational studies were saying. I have a lot of respect for T Colin Campbell

[@VeridianBlues]

Just saying hi to all of the vegans!

[@RiDankulous]

There are far better proofs of eating a predominantly plant-based diet, being extremely healthy, far better than the blue zones concept. It’s an interesting book for sure though. There are prospective observational studies which have been well adjusted for confounding factors concerning diet, health and longevity. It’s important to let people know of the certainty of evidence of various sources, so they start to understand how to evaluate studies on their own.

[@waltersumofan]

have a sweet potato! Also if you can find Okinawan/Hawaiian variety purple sweet potatoes go for it

[@LeviathanSparrow]

I don't know. I go to Japan twice a year and been to Okinawa quite a few times, and there are some old ass people there. It's not just their diet, though. It's their lifestyle. They're always in the middle of the malls doing their calisthenics and air golfing and stuff.

[@joas162]

Is there any proof that "big meat" operates like big oil in terms of spreading misinformation and doubt? Would love to read a good article about this. Most of my friends that are influenced by these types of consparicies to go green will appreciate a good following of the money.

[@jontanneguy4960]

Isaiah 5:19-21 19 to those who say, “Let God hurry; let him hasten his work so we may see it. The plan of the Holy One of Israel- let it approach, let it come into view, so we may know it.” 20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. 21 Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

[@KonradNielsenDK]

👍👍👍

[@ccamire]

You should make a trip to all the Blue zones. By the way people eat now, much fewer will aged over 80 yrs old. Like i said before have a look at the food in Costa Rica with diesel gas in melon, red spray glyphosate for bananas, etc.. not sure many will live very long

[@lucam2942]

• Matthew 15:11 (NIV): “What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.”

[@justinw1765]

And what is the context of the above? Talking to a peoples partially ruled by a religious elite that were obsessed over rituals and ritual purity; things like washing your hands before meals, not eating pork and non fish sea food, having priests bless the food, etc. Meanwhile, many of these people were not treating their fellow humans all that well. So they didn't seem to understand that how you treat people and your intentions were more important than these material considerations as far as _spiritual/consciousness_ purity and growth were concerned. And considering so many people of the time didn't even treat their fellow humans that well, how would you expect them to listen to messages about being kind to animals! Yeah, not going to be a focus of a spiritual teacher 2000 years ago in those conditions, since you can barely get them to focus on treating each other well! With humans, you have to start with basics and then move your way up the ethics/consciousness truths. So just because a spiritual teacher from 2000 years ago didn't explicitly say, treat animals well, doesn't mean that it's not and never will be important. I mean, if you want to judge things from such a myopic viewpoint, well just a couple hundred years ago, you had religious, political, and other leaders who thought it was perfectly moral and acceptable to enslave black people. Don't most people think very differently now? Most people now think/feel that enslaving a fellow human is probably one of the worst evils one can engage in. Context, and an understanding of the peoples and conditions of the times, is everything. Learn to think more holistically, critically, and logically. And if you don't believe me, you can directly ask Yeshua yourself if he thinks things like factory farming are spiritually positive and healthy practices.

[@markus_selloi]

vegetables D:::::::

[@vegangames3468]

💙

[@nehalilisays]

Oh, this is going to be an interesting watch as soon as I have some more time & energy to really get into it. I watched a podcast episode with a data scientist who claims that it's all a fraud and I found at least the pension fraud argument quite convincing. What I missed in the conversation was some more information about Loma Linda, California though.

[@VRCM_Skywarn_XUSA]

How old are you ... Really? 1. Biologically 2. Chronologically 3. Epigenitically 4. Guestimation, from the sick masses. 5. The Truth.

[@Eliasgreek-y5k]

🇬🇷🇪🇺🇬🇷👋 Hi Blue zones all are in almost same horizontal line Above equator Below north Europe This line is close to north africa .... Mexico ... Mediterranean japan .... So its maybe temperature Angle of planet sun rays To have the best temperature Who knows 🌍🌎🌏

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

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[@elenaserrato5558]

If were not thrue, esting animals ate plants yor arw going to die young any way,why taking lives of sentient been during your short or long live? Just choose empathy, compation and justice , change an animal for a vegetable

[@craigjenks9064]

🤦 animals died for you to eat bountiful amounts of greens/grains etc etc . just remember that or you are dillusional

[@biancat.1873]

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[@bAa-xj3ut]

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[@interesant7]

great video. Here te opinion of Chat GPT and your video: "Opinion on the study: Although Newman raises valid concerns about certain global data, his analysis appears to generalize anomalies from specific regions (such as conflict-ridden countries) to all Blue Zones, which is not methodologically sound. Independent investigations have validated records in Okinawa and Sardinia, two key Blue Zones. Therefore, I agree with Mic’s view that Newman exaggerates local issues to discredit areas with robust verification and scientifically backed healthy behaviors. In summary, the study's criticisms have merit but do not entirely invalidate the conclusions about the healthy habits in these regions."

[@Mario-forall]

I remember watching a documentary about blue zones. There was this 100+ years lady in Nicoya that was asked what her secret for longevity was. Her response? "Eat a lot of cheese" 😂

[@ibika9457]

@@Mario-forall shrill

[@Mario-forall]

@ibika9457 what do you mean?

[@stefanpatrickco]

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[@stefanpatrickco]

I saw Rebecca Watsons video about Blue Zones months ago.

[@HidingFromFate]

@@stefanpatrickco Me too. She's good. I haven't watched Mic's video in full yet to form an opinion relative to Rebecca's.

[@nicolabenson1155]

Rebecca Watson’s video was an initial response to the Ignobel prize. Mic’s video has response from actual peer reviewed researchers in the field.

[@jeffruebens8355]

We are so very very different individuals. Northern Alaska natives ate very few veggies for thousands of years and survived well. Other natives ate almost or completely just veggies and did well, but generally they got a lot of sunlight and exercise, not lazy couch potatoes that probably skew the results a lot. There are a lot of birth certificate cheats.

[@polibm6510]

Debunking with lies. That's the Mic the Liar.

[@ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος]

What lies, show proof or you are the liar here

[@polibm6510]

@@ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος "Finally, Dr Newman debunked the popular idea of ‘Blue Zones’ as regions of exceptional longevity and healthy lifestyles. Many, if not most of the centenarians in the ‘Blue Zone’ have turned out to be alive in the government records but were deceased in reality. Using extensive government data and surveys, Dr Newman showed that most of the dietary and lifestyle claims behind the so-called ‘Blue Zone’ regions of high longevity are not supported by any independent data. For example, despite vegetables and sweet potatoes being promoted as key components of the Okinawan ‘Blue Zone’ diets, according to the Japanese government, Okinawans eat the least vegetables and sweet potatoes in Japan and have the highest body mass index."

[@polibm6510]

@@ΘάνατοςΧορτοφάγος My answer with the proof disappeared. Interesting.

[@craigjenks9064]

I can't say there are lies but I know it was limited meats in a lot of these blue areas . culturaly seafood/greens but also lots of rice eating fish and green countries but yes I think there is some merrit to this vid

[@polibm6510]

@@craigjenks9064 "Limited meat" like lots of pork they are eating on the Okinawa...?

[@BeingVeganllc]

First

[@subwayfacemelt4325]

And still, here I am, allergic to plants... Sadface

[@nelsonhoffman5922]

No, you're not.

[@subwayfacemelt4325]

@nelsonhoffman5922 I'll go with my gut... And the doctors and others who agree that my RAST test does indeed show allergies to plants. Giving them up was such a relief.

[@GordonSeal]

@@subwayfacemelt4325 Liar, it's physically impossible to be allergic to all plants, you would already be dead.

[@LegsON]

How did you obtain it? Is there no cure?

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

There are thousands of edible plants. Try eating plants in different ways, like fermented. You can eat edible bacteria, like nutritional yeast. That is a complete protein.

[@ThatVeganTeacherYouTube]

❤ Vegan Report Card = 100% ❤
 ✅You care beyond yourself
 ✅You’re not a selfish narcissist
 ✅You’re making the world a better place 💜

[@The40yearoldVegan]

“I’m blue dabadee don’t die” 🫐

[@sidilicious11]

I’m a blueberry eater.🫐🫐🫐🫐