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Ikaria, Greece: Lessons, and a Couple Caveats, from a ‘Blue Zone’ / Nov, 20

The small Greek island of Ikaria shot to fame a decade ago, when it was named one of the world’s five Blue Zones — places where people live longer than anywhere else. In Ikaria, a third of the population lives into their 90s, compared with 5 percent in the U.S. People in these places, the […]