„Blue Zone populations are all vegetarian.”

They eat plant-leaning, legume-rich diets, but Sardinia has cheese and lamb, Okinawa pork, Ikaria fish — meat portions are small, not zero. Daily movement and community are the bigger common threads. Some Blue Zone data (birth records) are disputed.

Last reviewed: 6 September 2026

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