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What am I doing here?
我為何還站在這里
Well, the fact of the matter is
事實上，
the best science tells us that the capacity of the human body,
最可信的科學表明人類能活，
my body, your body,
我和你們一樣
is about 90 years,
大約九十歲
a little bit more for women.
當然，女性稍微長一些
But life expectancy in this country
但是這個國家的平均壽命
is only 78.
僅僅78歲
So somewhere along the line,
距離平均線
we're leaving about 12 good years on the table.
明顯還差了12年
These are years that we could get.
這十二年是我們能得到的。
And research shows that they would be years largely free of chronic disease,
研究表明這些年主要是免于慢性疾病的年月，比如
heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
心臟病，癌癥和糖尿病
We think the best way to get these missing years
我們認為要得到這12年，最好的方法是
is to look at the cultures around the world
去欣賞全世界的文化
that are actually experiencing them,
并且實地體驗
areas where people are living to age 100
100歲的人居住的地方
at rates up to 10 times greater than we are,
比我們大十倍
areas where the life expectancy
的地方的人平均壽命
is an extra dozen years,
要多12年。
the rate of middle age mortality is a fraction
這個國家的
of what it is in this country.
中年人死亡率很低。
We found our first Blue Zone about 125 miles
我們發現第一個藍區距離撒丁島的
off the coast of Italy, on the island of Sardinia.
意大利海岸大約125英里
And not the entire island, the island is about 1.4 million people,
這個島大約有140萬人，但是并非分布于整個島嶼，
but only up in the highlands, an area called the Nuoro province.
他們只在一個叫怒奧羅的高低上居住
And here we have this area where men live the longest,
這個區域的人壽命最長
about 10 times more centenarians than we have here in America.
逾百歲的人是我們在這里居住的美國的10倍多
And this is a place where people not only reach age 100,
這個地方的人不僅活到100歲
they do so with extraordinary vigor.
而且精力異常充沛
Places where 102 year olds still ride their bike to work,
活到102歲仍然騎自行車工作
chop wood, and can beat a guy 60 years younger than them.
伐木，能打敗小他們60歲的人
Their history actually goes back to about the time of Christ.
他們的歷史追溯到基督時代
It's actually a Bronze Age culture that's been isolated.
是被隔離的青銅時代的文化。
Because the land is so infertile,
因為這塊地如此貧瘠
they largely are shepherds,
他們大多是牧羊人
which occasions regular, low-intensity physical activity.
工作時間穩定，體力活動強度低。
Their diet is mostly plant-based,
他們的飲食以素食為主，
accentuated with foods that they can carry into the fields.
是地里自產的食物
They came up with an unleavened whole wheat bread
他們找到了一種未經發酵的全麥面包
called carta musica made out of durum wheat,
那是由硬質小麥和
a type of cheese made from grass-fed animals
一種食草動物的奶做成的奶酪
so the cheese is high in Omega-3 fatty acids
所以奶酪含有高歐米茄-3脂肪酸
instead of Omega-6 fatty acids from corn-fed animals,
而不是食谷類動物奶做成的歐米茄-6脂肪酸奶酪
and a type of wine that has three times the level
還有一種酒，它的多酚含量
of polyphenols than any known wine in the world.
是世界所有已知酒類所含含量的三倍
It's called Cannonau.
它叫卡諾烏紅葡萄酒
But the real secret I think lies more
但我認為真正的秘訣多取決于
in the way that they organize their society.
他們社會組成的方式。
And one of the most salient elements of the Sardinian society
撒丁島社會里一個最顯著的現象是，
is how they treat older people.
他們如何對待老人
You ever notice here in America, social equity
你曾注意過美國的社會平等
seems to peak at about age 24?
在大約24歲時達到高峰嗎
Just look at the advertisements.
來看看這些廣告吧
Here in Sardinia, the older you get
在撒丁島，年紀越大
the more equity you have,
享受的平等權就越多，
the more wisdom you're celebrated for.
被頌揚的才智就越多。
You go into the bars in Sardinia,
進入撒丁島的酒吧
instead of seeing the Sports Illustrated swimsuit calendar,
不看體育畫報的泳裝表演日程，取而代之的是
you see the centenarian of the month calendar.
看每月日歷上的百歲老人
This, as it turns out, is not only good for your aging parents
這個已被證明，不僅有益于你的年邁父母
to keep them close to the family --
使他們更靠近家庭
it imparts about four to six years of extra life expectancy --
而且傳授大約4到6年的額外壽命。
research shows it's also good for the children of those families,
研究表明對那些家庭的孩子也很有益
who have lower rates of mortality and lower rates of disease.
因為這些家庭的死亡率和疾病率比較低
That's called the grandmother effect.
那被稱為祖母效應
