探索專家布特納(Dan
Buettner)2005年底在《國家地理雜誌》(National Geographic Magazine)發表「活得長久的秘密」(The
Secrets of a Long
Life)引起熱烈迴響,當期雜誌銷售量衝上創刊以來第三高的紀錄。布特納把全球住著最多長壽人口的這些地帶取名為「藍色區域」(Blue
Zones),其中唯一一個座落於美國境內的,就是加州洛馬林達。 加州洛馬林達居民異常長壽,歸功於當地人注重健康的生活方式。圖為馬林達的長者一同健身。取自洛馬林達大學網站
全球最長壽的五個「藍色區域」,包括了日本沖繩(Okinawa)、義大利薩丁尼亞島(Island
of Sardinia)、哥斯大黎加尼科亞半島(Nicoya
Peninsula)、希臘伊卡里亞(Icaria)、加州洛馬林達。「藍色區域」民眾罹患糖尿病、心臟病或老年失智的比例較其他地區來得低,布特納歸納整理指出,這些區域民眾的共同點包括:積極樂觀且懂得調解壓力,不抽菸,日常生活維持適量運動,較少吃肉,飲食以大量蔬菜水果為主,主食通常是全穀類,飲食習慣偏向於高纖、低油、低糖、低鹽,很少吃過度油炸的食物或醃燻食品、垃圾食物。
布特納與研究夥伴、洛馬林達大學公共衛生學院(Loma
Linda University School of Public Health)註冊營養師兼營養專家魏斯特爾達霍爾(John
Westerdahl)在洛馬林達的實地調查研究中發現,基督復臨安息日會教友基本上吃素,三餐飲食內容可以說是來自「伊甸園」(Garden of
Eden)。 素食。 圖/ingimage
Lost Horizon
孝恩·菲利浦斯
Have you ever dreamed of a place
Far away from it all
Where the air you breathe is soft and clean
And children play in fields of green
And the sound of guns
Doesn't pound in your ears (anymore)
Have you ever dreamed of a place
Far away from it all
Where the winter winds will never blow
And living things have room to grow
And the sound of guns
Doesn't pound in your ears anymore.
Many miles…
And I Love You So
唐·麥克林
And I love you so
The people ask me how
How I've lived till now
I tell them I don't know
I guess they understand
How lonely life has been
But life began again
The day you took my hand
And yes, I know how lonely life can be
The shadows follow me
And the night won't set me free
But I don't let the evening get me down
Now that you're around me
And you love me too
Your thoughts are just for me
You set my spirit free
I'm happy that you do
The book of life is brief
And once a page is read
All but love is dead
That is my belief
And yes,…