Welcome to Otherworld.
I'm your host, Jack Wagner.
This episode is about somebody named Melissa.
Melissa is from a town called Loma Linda, California.
And apparently Loma Linda is a blue zone.
If you haven't heard of that term,
that means that basically an abnormal amount of people that live there end up living to a very old age.
Apparently, this is because Loma Linda has a very high population of seventh-day Adventists, which,
if you don't know what that is,
it's a branch of Christianity that has some highly specific beliefs and rules.
Some of those involve a healthy diet, and not consuming alcohol or tobacco,
which is why they think maybe this is the reason for Loma Linda being a blue zone.
Melissa grew up as a Seventh Day Adventist herself.
She is not anymore.
I'm going to be honest with you.
I barely knew anything about this denomination, and I was very curious to learn about it.
But I bring up those beliefs because as a result,
Melissa ended up not believing in ghosts or spirits.
whatsoever.
Melissa went to school and got her pharmacy doctorate at USC.