It’s obviously because we work the most hours and rest the less.
If you ask me it’s because non mediteranian winters are disgusting.
Relevant research that just won an ig nobel prize.
tl;dr: they don’t live longer, they just don’t report their dead relatives and pocket the pensions.
https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/maybe-its-the-mediterranean-diet-maybe-its-pension-fraud/110766
The blue zone’s fraudulent claims has debunked:
Maintaining activity is associated with lower mortality.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/282655
Differences in all-cause mortality risk associated with animal and plant dietary protein sources consumption
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30455-9
Social relationships and physiological determinants of longevity across the human life span
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4725506/
Plant-based diet and risk of all-cause mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2024.1481363/full
Hmm, are youtube videos peer-reviewed?
Check the studies below. There’s a meta analysis included.
