HNL 2025-12-05 Photographing the Blue Zone - David McLain

05/12/2025 28 min
HNL 2025-12-05  Photographing the Blue Zone - David McLain

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Today on Health and Longevity, Dr. John Westerdahl's featured guest is National Geographic photographer, David McLain. In November 2005, David McLain's photojournalism appeared in National Geographic's featured cover issue and story, "The Secrets of Living Longer," which for the first time, introduced three Blue Zone regions of the world; Okinawa, Japan; Sardina, Italy; and Loma Linda, California. Blue Zones are considered areas of the world where among the world's healthiest and oldest living people live, including many people over a hundred years of age. David McLain discusses his experiences in exploring and photographing these cultures of longevity. He shares the lessons he learned from observing the diet and lifestyle of the people he met, including several centenarians, that contributed to their health and longevity.Want to live longer and feel better? Then don’t miss Health and Longevity. This popular lifestyle program is hosted by Dr. John Westerdahl and dedicated to providing you with the latest cutting edge information about nutrition, health, and lifestyle medicine.The podcasts at LifeTalk Radio Network are synced with our radio broadcasts, making it easy for our radio listeners to catch up on missed broadcasts... or simply listen to the podcasts if you prefer. To view our program schedule, listen online, order free sharing cards, or support our ministry, please visit lifetalk.net and lifetalkkids.net.

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