Welcome to Other World. 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 the 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.

She became a pharmacist and started working her first job at a home health pharmacy in Loma Linda.

She will explain what type of pharmacy this is herself, but it's not your typical neighborhood pharmacy.

It's not the type you're probably imagining.

There are actually a lot of pharmacies and medical facilities in her region.

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