The '''Ikaria Study''' is a small-scale survey by the University of Athens School of Medicine of the diet and lifestyle of Greek people over age 80 on the island of Ikaria.<ref name="stef">{{cite journal |pmid=21940302 |url=http://www.hellenicjcardiol.org/archive/full_text/2011+52/5/2011_5_479.pdf |year=2011 |last1=Stefanadis |first1=C. I |title=Unveiling the secrets of longevity: The Ikaria study |journal=Hellenic Journal of Cardiology |volume=52 |issue=5 |pages=479–80 }}</ref> The study found that the Ikarian diet includes olive oil, red wine, fish, coffee, herbal tea, honey, potatoes, garbanzo beans, black-eyed peas, lentils, and a limited amount of meat, sugar and dairy products, except goat milk.<ref name=stef/>
The data showed that people on Ikaria achieved successful aging by reducing emotional and cognitive dysfunction while sustaining physical activities throughout old age. It also hypothesized that noon siesta and engagement in social activities are factors that contributed to the Ikarians' longevity.<ref name=stef/>
==See also== * Mediterranean diet * Ikarian coffee
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==Further reading== *{{cite journal |doi=10.4061/2011/219578 |pmid=21197433 |pmc=3010635 |title=Fish Consumption Moderates Depressive Symptomatology in Elderly Men and Women from the IKARIA Study |journal=Cardiology Research and Practice |volume=2011 |article-number=219578 |year=2011 |last1=Chrysohoou |first1=Christina |last2=Tsitsinakis |first2=George |last3=Siassos |first3=Gerassimos |last4=Psaltopoulou |first4=Theodora |last5=Galiatsatos |first5=Nikos |last6=Metaxa |first6=Vasiliki |last7=Lazaros |first7=George |last8=Miliou |first8=Antigoni |last9=Giakoumi |first9=Evaggelia |last10=Mylonakis |first10=Charalambos |last11=Zaromytidou |first11=Marina |last12=Economou |first12=Evaggelos |last13=Triantafyllou |first13=Georgia |last14=Pitsavos |first14=Christos |last15=Stefanadis |first15=Christodoulos |doi-access=free }} *{{cite journal |doi=10.4061/2011/679187 |pmid=21403883 |pmc=3051199 |title=Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Statistics of Oldest Old People (>80 Years) Living in Ikaria Island: The Ikaria Study |journal=Cardiology Research and Practice |volume=2011 |article-number=679187 |year=2011 |last1=Panagiotakos |first1=Demosthenes B |last2=Chrysohoou |first2=Christina |last3=Siasos |first3=Gerasimos |last4=Zisimos |first4=Konstantinos |last5=Skoumas |first5=John |last6=Pitsavos |first6=Christos |last7=Stefanadis |first7=Christodoulos |doi-access=free }} *{{cite news | last= Buettner | first= Dan | url= https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/magazine/the-island-where-people-forget-to-die.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 | title= The Island Where People Forget to Die | work= The New York Times | date= October 24, 2012 | access-date= November 12, 2012 }}
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