BlueZones.com - Online Community for Living Longer

The Blue Zones is a program that promises to help you feel better and avoid 70% of the diseases that will kill you before your time. Their claim, and it would appear to be an accurate one, is that the secret to living longer lies in changing your lifestyle. A great deal of research went into developing this site including trips to the five areas around the world where people live longest. By studying these longer-living populations, and mimicking their lifestyles, it is felt that anyone can improve their chances of living longer. Blue Zones takes these lessons and provides you with the necessary tools to make a lifestyle change a reality. One such tool is the Vitality Compass, which allows you to calculate your life expectancy and how to lengthen it. The site is full of rich articles and content to help you with your lifestyle change, so if you are serious about living longer, visit bluezones.com and get started today.

“For the past five years, I’ve been taking teams of scientists to five pockets around the world where people live the longest, healthiest lives. These are called the Blue Zones. In my book, The Blue Zone, I reveal the secrets of the Power9: the nine common denominators that all of the world’s longevity all-stars share. Here at BlueZones.com, we've organized these behaviors into four main categories.”

The Vitality Compass seems to be a good hook to get people interested in the site. Obviously if it tells you that you won’t live to see 70, you will be more inclined to take heed of the advice offered on the page. Look for this to become a popular site for those that have tried everything else and can’t seem to make the necessary changes to live longer.

There are definitely some helpful articles and tips on this site. Have they considered taking it further by building a social network around it so that people can support each other while they try to make that lifestyle change?