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Dean's avatar

I recall years ago reading the first words to the section on oldest humans in the Guinness Book - "No area is more rife with fraud and deception than age" or words to that effect. Wouldn't that be something if the whole Blue Zone fad turned out to be BS?

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The Blue Zone paper provides a lesson far beyond its subject. The so-called Blue Zone studies have generated an industry worth what I guess has made billions for those who have jumped on the fad to sell their Blue Zone related products. I, for one, have always been skeptical of the Blue Zones; it didn't pass my smell test. The research by Dr. Neman cracks open a window on how popular science misleads the public but enriches those who would take advantage of it. I am not so much criticizing those who profit from fads as I am criticizing a gullible public.

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