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Something called the Danish Twin Study
一個叫“丹麥雙胞胎”的研究表明，
established that only about 10 percent
普通人在生物學允許的限度內的壽命，
of how long the average person lives,
僅僅有百分之十
within certain biological limits, is dictated by our genes.
是由我們的基因決定的。
The other 90 percent is dictated by our lifestyle.
另外的百分之九十則取決于我們的生活方式。
So the premise of Blue Zones: if we can find the
因此，對藍區研究的前提是：如果我們能找到
optimal lifestyle of longevity
長壽的最佳生活方式，
we can come up with a de facto formula
我們就可以得出一個實際的
for longevity.
長壽公式。
But if you ask the average American what the optimal formula
但是，如果你問個普通的美國人，最佳的
of longevity is, they probably couldn't tell you.
長壽公式是什么，他們就有可能答不上來。
They've probably heard of the South Beach Diet, or the Atkins Diet.
他們也許聽說過南海岸飲食法，或者阿特金斯飲食法。
You have the USDA food pyramid.
你見過農業部的食物金字塔
There is what Oprah tells us.
奧普拉會這么說
There is what Doctor Oz tells us.
歐茲博士會那么說?
The fact of the matter is there is a lot of confusion
但是我們真的很困惑
around what really helps us live longer better.
什么東西才真的能使我們更健康長壽。
Should you be running marathons or doing yoga?
你應該跑馬拉松，還是練瑜伽？
Should you eat organic meats
是該食用有機肉制品呢？
or should you be eating tofu?
還是該吃豆腐？
When it comes to supplements, should you be taking them?
需不需要服用滋補品，
How about these hormones or resveratrol?
激素，或者白藜蘆醇？
And does purpose play into it?
還有，能否達到食用這些東西的目的？
Spirituality? And how about how we socialize?
我們的信仰呢？我們與他人的交往呢？這些重要嗎？
Well, our approach to finding longevity
我們找到健康長壽秘訣的研究方法是
was to team up with National Geographic,
與《國家地理》雜志
and the National Institute on Aging,
和國家老齡化研究院的研究人員合作?
to find the four demographically confirmed areas
找出四個人口統計學信息確切的
that are geographically defined.
并且有明確的地理界線的地區?
And then bring a team of experts in there
然后帶領一組專家到這些地區
to methodically go through exactly what these people do,
仔細分析在那里生活的人們做些什么
to distill down the cross-cultural distillation.
提取出跨越文化的健康長壽真諦?
And at the end of this I'm going to tell you what that distillation is.
在我的報告的最后，我會揭曉這些真諦?
But first I'd like to debunk some common myths
但首先，我想戳穿一些常見的
when it comes to longevity.
關于長壽的謠言。
