welcome to my channel another beautiful
day here in valencia i read an article
last night about ranking the cities in
the world based on some factors
measuring health quality designing
healthy cities is increasingly more
important
some of the determining factors are
pollution rates
life expectancy health care sustainable
produce and more
look at the view
the world health organization defines
health as a state of complete
physical mental and
social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity and the
world health organization uses this
simple formula to determine which city
is the healthiest of course we know
spain has been one of the countries with
highest life expectancy great healthcare
local produce and a lot of things that
are part of this measurement system but
i did not know that actually valencia is
the healthiest city in the world this is
a very broad and complex concept of
outlining what makes a healthy city
our environment plays a big role in this
the amount of green spaces and proximity
to the beach helps the individual's
well-being and this is already a ranking
two years in a row and it's interesting
the factors that they use to measure to
measure that one is of course
just overall a life expectancy
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as well as local produce the diet here
people have mediterranean diets so they
eat a lot of seafood and fresh seasonal
produce
which i've experienced i'm experiencing
and eating this way every day
hopefully i'm healthier not many cities
in the world have direct access to such
variety of organic markets to shop from
valencia is surrounded by kilometers of
orchards people here are truly embracing
this by buying fresh fruits veggies and
fish
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in the states in la in particular
because i lived in l.a
you need a car for everywhere you go
new york it's not like that they have a
better metro system people walk more
they bike more
but
one big factor again that valencia has
is this year-long sunshine
coming from california i sometimes take
the beach in valencia for granted but we
should remember that the sea breeze
naturally cleans the air
keeping the pollution levels below the
other neighboring countries
and this reflects directly the mood and
how you live your day what kind of
activities you can have outside and just
the overall quality of life
having this beautiful weather all year
long allows people living in valencia to
walk and bike more in the city which is
very well equipped with white bike lanes
so in new york they order takeout food
which is not the healthiest and even in
spain i i've noticed that the take out
food it's not as common one reason for
that that i could think of it's not just
the type of food that it's better to eat
when it's fresh a big part of eating a
meal here in spain is you're sharing it
with someone and these social aspects
it's very
big okay we're getting some food and you
think it's nice when you're outside
just
a lot of people today
and
i think this also contributes to the
quality of life here and makes valencia
one of the healthiest not one but the
healthiest city in the world
another thing i notice here in in
valencia is that people
people are not crazy about
they're not really about fitness
and nutrition
it's not like in la it's almost like
everything is so hyped and so
exaggerated here i'm seeing you know
just a balanced lifestyle making better
choices but in a very
non-pressured way and it shows active
people walking a lot not eating huge
portions
usually sharing them with friends and as
i said these social aspects adds a lot
to to their well-being and of course the
sunny days uh so many sunny days per
year for sure it it just brightens your
mood and be outside and get this real
dose of vitamin d without crazy
supplementing physical and mental health
it's really important
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when you see a country or city
do their best without pressuring it's
quite it's quite uh pleasant and you can
implement it without having much stress
about making the right choice or it's
just you're surrounded by better produce
walkable alleys
safety
sunshine
and good food so where do you live in
the world comment below the city you're
in right now permanently or temporarily
i would like to know
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my pretend drone footage
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