• Featured

    Posted on November 1st, 2011

    Written by Dr. Al Sears

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    How To Live Your Life In A “Blue Zone”

    The wind made me sway a bit as I slung the little orange life jacket over my head and onto my shoulders. Without thinking I tightened the thin white nylon strap around my waist before I climbed in the boat. I don’t know why. Like this tiny thing was going to save me if this boat ever flipped over. It looked like it was made for a little kid. And the life jacket wasn’t very big, either.

    But whatever. The waves weren’t very high anywhere across the cold, dark waters that had carved out “The Lake of the Gods,” as the locals called it.

    The driver fired up the motor and the boat jumped forward. I thought my camera and I might get dumped in for an unexpected swim after all, just to prove me wrong, and despite the calm water.

  • Nutrition

    Posted on August 12th, 2009

    Written by Dr. Al Sears

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    Is There a Jamaican ‘Blue Zone’?

    Is There a Jamaican ‘Blue Zone’?

    The other day I was walking through the cemetery in Portland, Jamaica, when I noticed something interesting. We were there because the grandmother of my friend, A.D., had passed away. But I couldn’t help notice the grave markers. Everyone had lived into their 80s or 90s.