Which is better: the Mediterranean Diet or the Blue Zone Diet?

More than Diets, They’re Lifestyles

Heather D.
5 min readJan 13, 2024

You may have heard about the Mediterranean Diet but have you heard of the Blue Zone Diet? What’s separates these two diets is that they aren’t temporary fads, they’re lifestyles with long-term health benefits. We’ll discuss which diet is more beneficial and will help you meet your personal and professional goals.

· What is the Blue Zone diet?
Breaking it down
Blue Zone Longevity Superfoods List:
All You Need to know About the Mediterranean Diet
What is the Mediterranean Diet?
Breaking it Down
· Benefits of Both
· Differences
· The Bottom Line

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If we want a diet that has worked for the longest-lived people in the world, we can look to the Blue Zone diet. A great resource is the hit docuseries on Netflix called “Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones”.

What is the Blue Zone diet?

The Blue Zone diet came from a study done in 2004 by Dan Buettner, National Geographic Explorer and Fellow and journalist alongside a research team. They set out to five…

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Heather D.

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