"....Buettner did note that there’s one subculture in the states that has seemingly mastered longevity: the Seventh-day Adventists, a Protestant denomination that formed around 1850.
“There is a subculture here. It’s among the Seventh-day Adventists who on average — you were citing that life expectancy for Americans is 79 — well, they on average are living about 10 years longer....
Sharing Adventists’ secrets to longevity, the researcher said that they tend to eat a plant-based diet that includes a minimal amount of meat. Additionally, he cited Adventists’ staunch observance of the Sabbath as being one of the factors that helps improve and sustain members’ lives.
“Every week, Adventists have a special date with God — a guilt-free break from work and a whole day to deepen our friendship with the Creator of the universe,” reads the demonination’s website.
They avoid drugs and alcohol and generally value working out and taking care of their body, which they believe to be a “temple.”
“They’re decompressing the stress,” Buettner added. “About 84 percent of health care dollars are spent because of bad food choices, inactivity and unmanaged stress — and they have these cultural ways of managing stress through their Sabbath.”
The researcher, who has worked with National Geographic through his Blue Zones project, also said that Adventists have a “social network that reinforces the right behavior.”" TheBlaze
“There is a subculture here. It’s among the Seventh-day Adventists who on average — you were citing that life expectancy for Americans is 79 — well, they on average are living about 10 years longer....
Sharing Adventists’ secrets to longevity, the researcher said that they tend to eat a plant-based diet that includes a minimal amount of meat. Additionally, he cited Adventists’ staunch observance of the Sabbath as being one of the factors that helps improve and sustain members’ lives.
“Every week, Adventists have a special date with God — a guilt-free break from work and a whole day to deepen our friendship with the Creator of the universe,” reads the demonination’s website.
They avoid drugs and alcohol and generally value working out and taking care of their body, which they believe to be a “temple.”
“They’re decompressing the stress,” Buettner added. “About 84 percent of health care dollars are spent because of bad food choices, inactivity and unmanaged stress — and they have these cultural ways of managing stress through their Sabbath.”
The researcher, who has worked with National Geographic through his Blue Zones project, also said that Adventists have a “social network that reinforces the right behavior.”" TheBlaze
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth.
3 John 1:2
