“Blue Zones” are spots around the globe where lots of people live to an unusually old age. For years they have been promoted as having the secrets of longevity, but it turns out that Blue Zones might be bogus.
Okinawa in Japan is one of these zones. There was a Japanese government review in 2010, which found that 82% of the people aged over 100 in Japan turned out to be dead. The secret to living to 110 was, don’t register your death.
Simple, yet effective. 
I learned about hyaluronic acid (HA) from an article about a small village in Japan, where the average age was 100+.
Apparently their diet is rich in hyaluronic acid and that is a natural biochemical that extends living tissue.
- Hyaluronic acid is a pivotal building block of our skin.
- As we get older, levels of hyaluronic acid in the skin decline, up to 75 percent less compared to young people.
- Orally taken hyaluronic acid increases the amount of hyaluronic acid in the skin.
- Oral hyaluronic acid reduces wrinkles, improves skin suppleness, leads to more moisturized skin, and improves skin radiance.
- Oral hyaluronic acid can also lead to more healthy joints, since hyaluronic acid is also an important part of cartilage.
It is also good for arthritic joints as a lubricant.
Hyaluronic acid helps your joints work like a well-oiled machine. It prevents pain and injury from bones grinding against each other. It helps keep things hydrated. Hyaluronic acid is very good at retaining water.May 4, 2022
Right, but it looks like these 100 year old’s are not actually 100, so the wonder-diet stuff is irrelevant.
Oh, but there are mostly elders left because the youth has moved to the city and eating Hamburgers, with all the resulting health issues.
The article showed the local 105 year old doctor making house calls on his bike.
Longevity research
In 2000 Yuzurihara was the subject of an ABC documentary which highlighted the fact that many of the villagers who lived in Yuzurihara had very young skin, healthy hair and were extremely supple.[1] They also lived longer and did not appear to exhibit the signs of aging which commonly occur at this age. Many of the people were in their 80s and 90s but looked years younger.
The World Health Organization conducted research of 990 villages and towns in Japan; it was found that there were 10 times more people living beyond the age of 85 in Yuzurihara than there were in North America.[2]
The villagers of Yuzurihara were found to have high levels of hyaluronic acid in their diet, which is the main reason why their skin appeared wrinkle free and their hair grew thick.[3] Hyaluronic acid is used in many topical skin serums and creams for anti-aging. This is chemically related to naturally occurring hyaluronan, the purpose of which is to hold moisture the skin and can increase moisture absorption by up to 1000 times.