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The Nicoya Peninsula is considered by Quest Network one of the Blue Zones in the world, where people commonly live active lives past the age of 100 years. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The region was featured in the book Blue Zones , by Dan Buettner, which focused on the longevity found among Nicoya's residents.
Nicoya is a district and head city of the Nicoya canton, in the Guanacaste province of Costa Rica, located on the Nicoya Peninsula. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is one of the country's most important tourist zones; it serves as a transport hub to Guanacaste's beaches and national parks .
Las Baulas de Guanacaste Protected Zone (Spanish: Zona Protectora Las Baulas de Guanacaste), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Tempisque Conservation Area, it was created in 1991 by decree 20518-MIRENEM.
These so-called Blue Zones have inspired countless studies, cookbooks, travel stories and even their own Netflix documentary series (2023’s Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones). The trouble ...
Where are the Blue Zones? The Blue Zones are five areas of the world where people live the longest. They include: Okinawa, Japan. Sardinia, Italy. Nicoya, Costa Rica. Icaria, Greece. Loma Linda ...
The residents of Nicoya, Costa Rica—known for its coastal views south of the Nicaraguan border—have routinely enjoyed three foods together for at least 6,000 years old, Dan Buettner, the Blue ...
A blue zone is a region in the world where people are claimed to have exceptionally long lives beyond the age of 80 due to a lifestyle combining physical activity, low stress, rich social interactions, a local whole-foods diet, and low disease incidence. [1]
In Blue Zones, residents shed their stress by engaging in sacred daily rituals, such as remembering their ancestors in Okinawa or taking naps in Costa Rica. Or, do like the Sardinians do: happy hour.