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    Steve Lopez: The five keys to a long and healthy life? Check out this 'Blue Zone' community

    by Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times Dec 07, 2023 4 minutes
    Loida Medina, 85, right, and her son Ernie Medina, 58, celebrate a point during a game of pickleball at the Loma Linda University Drayson Center in Loma Linda on Nov. 30, 2023. Dr. Medina, retired from working at Loma Linda University Medical Center, plays pickleball three days a week. Dr. Medina, a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, believes in a healthy, active...

    In Loma Linda, California, the other day, 85-year-old Loida Medina played a couple of hours of take-no-prisoners pickleball (she's got a wicked backhand), while Glenn and Jodee Nichols, 94 and 78, went to the gym for a workout.

    These sorts of activities are the norm in this region of San Bernardino County, particularly among the several thousand Seventh-day Adventists who constitute about a third of the population. And researchers say their lifestyles, centered on faith, community and a sense of purpose, lead to lower rates of chronic disease and greater longevity.

    The phenomenon isn't new, and the goes back many years. But I've been meaning to go have a look for myself since I started writing about aging in January, and this seemed like a.

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