Where? Greece
Average Life Expectancy: 80.7 years
Official Language: Greek
We’ve heard that the Mediterranean diet is exceptionally healthy and decreases your chance of heart disease. If you’re in doubt, look no further than Greece, where the diet has contributed to extraordinary longevity, as it has in many other places worldwide.
Locals in this country are also active, often partaking in farming and fishing, and they make time in their daily lives to socialize with loved ones, walk in the sun, and nap.
In Ikaria, an island off the coast of Turkey in the Eastern Aegean Sea, people live to be between the ages of 90 to 99. In fact, a phenomenal third of Ikaria’s population lives to be 90 years old.
Blue Zone researchers have found that Ikaria residents are super healthy, and dementia, cancer, and cardiovascular diseases are sporadic.
Like Costa Rica, this area is home to many mineral hot springs, which have been found to relieve pain, increase circulation, and aid digestion. Locals are also known to drink a local herbal tea, a health elixir jam-packed with nutrients and antioxidants.
