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Nothing new for us, but a must read.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/magaz ... d=all&_r=1&

Great read, thanks for sharing.

There are a couple of these islands (and a few ridiculously isolated pieces of land on major land masses...Eskimos) throughout the world. It's interesting that most are islands. Seems the natural animals and fauna (easy high quality food) of the islands and desire to be left alone (don't want stress) creates this long life.

Loved this part:
Although unemployment is high — perhaps as high as 40 percent — most everyone has access to a family garden and livestock, Parikos told me. People who work might have several jobs. Someone involved in tourism, for example, might also be a painter or an electrician or have a store. “People are fine here because we are very self-sufficient,” she said. “We may not have money for luxuries, but we will have food on the table and still have fun with family and friends. We may not be in a hurry to get work done during the day, so we work into the night. At the end of the day, we don’t go home to sit on the couch.”

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And in the paleo thread... I really liked this article. LOL, went back to island, gardened, drank wine and enjoyed himself for 37 years and counting after a cancer diagnosis (from now deceased, younger Dr). His courage certainly paid off.

It certainly is a good story.

However i ask myself, if you have a thousand islands (or different areas) with randomly different death rates, wouldn't you find some islands where people forget to die? The reasons they give in the study are reasonable, but not really tested (that seems somewhat impossible).

On the other hand the recommendations from the study are common sense: sense of community, good food and body activity.

So despite my doubts i like the story.