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Opinion: The cloudy truth about ‘blue zones’
“There's been interest in longevity, promoting it, for millennia. But this 25-year campaign really brought it to the forefront,” Eric Topol says of blue zones.
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According to STAT’s source item, Opinion: The cloudy truth about ‘blue zones’, “There’s been interest in longevity, promoting it, for millennia. But this 25-year campaign really brought it to the forefront,” Eric Topol says of blue zones.
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