People in Blue Zones live healthier and longer--by far--than we Americans. And it's not their genetics. Take the case of Stamatis Maraitis who moved from a blue zone (Ikaria) to the United States at age 22. Forty-four years later, diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, Stamatis decided to move back to his birthplace on the island of Ikaria in the Aegean Sea. It's unbelievable what happened to him when he did.

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