US NIH researchers got enamored with shitty epidemiological research in the 90s linking the southern Mediterranean lifestyle to longevity. Similar focus on Okinawa and that diet. Shit begat more shit and suddenly everyone is drinking wine and olive oil. Thousands of manuscripts published, resveratrol!
Wasn’t until the 2020s that researchers actually went to these areas to see these magically ageing people. They found them in gravesites. Pension fraud can make you live forever!
In Japan…turns out everyone over a 100 was born on the 1st or 15th of each month. Shitty records restoration by the half assed US military after WW2 just meant they made up birthdates.
Even in super fit Sweden, life expectency is more or less the same as every other region.
US NIH researchers got enamored with shitty epidemiological research in the 90s linking the southern Mediterranean lifestyle to longevity. Similar focus on Okinawa and that diet. Shit begat more shit and suddenly everyone is drinking wine and olive oil. Thousands of manuscripts published, resveratrol!
Wasn’t until the 2020s that researchers actually went to these areas to see these magically ageing people. They found them in gravesites. Pension fraud can make you live forever!
In Japan…turns out everyone over a 100 was born on the 1st or 15th of each month. Shitty records restoration by the half assed US military after WW2 just meant they made up birthdates.
Even in super fit Sweden, life expectency is more or less the same as every other region.
Some links you won’t read:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/12/25/lifestyle/lifespan-japan-data/
https://fortune.com/europe/2024/12/14/are-blue-zones-myth-extreme-aging-pension-fraud-century-old-lies/
Interesting, thanks for the information and the links.