It’s worth noting that two of the five Blue Zones of the world where people live the longest are Ikaria, an island in Greece and Sardinia, an island in Italy.
The Mediterranean diet pinpoints healthy, anti-inflammatory foods and no major food groups are off limits. It’s worth noting that two of the five Blue Zones of the world where people live the longest are Ikaria, an island in Greece and Sardinia, an island in Italy. "Interestingly, even though we call it the Mediterranean way of eating, similar dietary patterns can be found all over the world among some of the longest living people," says Michael Crupain, MD, MPH, author of the cookbook The Power Five and a faculty member at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.