You don't really die of old age, but from disease of heart and soul,
Cholesterol starts accumulating, and loneliness takes its toll.
Accidental deaths are minimal, more die from diseases like Alzheimer's,
If you have lived a 100 years you've learned, the art of slowing body timers.
How can I become an inhabitant, of the Blue Zones you ask,
The short answer - eat plant based meal, and in longevity glory bask.
5 servings of fruits and vegetables, instead of processed eat grain that is whole,
Large portions of beans and nuts, put seeds in your breakfast bowl.
Avoid meat and dairy products, don't eat fish, or, smoke cigar,
Eliminate eggs and slash sugar, water is the best beverage by far.
The biggest criminal though, is neither animal nor plant based,
Salt is the reason one's heart becomes weak- we succumb to the taste.
The plant based diet has many advantages, its nutritious and a decision wise,
But the forever reason, you die from animal food, you can't digest, their damning cries.
PS: Before my non vegetarian friends take offense, let me link to the article (and research) on which this poem is based.
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