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The blue zones : 9 lessons for living longer from the people who've lived the longest / Dan Buettner.

by Buettner, Dan.

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National Geographic, c2012.

613.2 B928b 2012

Aging -- Prevention.

Medical geography.

View Dan Buettner's TED talk "How to live to be 100."

9781426209482 (pbk.)

xxiv, 312 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Previous (1st) edition published in 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-268) and index.

"National Geographic explorer Dan Buettner has traveled the globe to uncover the best strategies for longevity found in the Blue Zones: places in the world where higher percentages of people enjoy remarkably long, full lives. Here he discloses the recipe, blending this unique lifestyle formula with the latest scientific findings to inspire easy, lasting change that may add years to your life. Buettner's research effort, funded in part by the National Institute on Aging, has taken him from Costa Rica to Italy to Japan and beyond. In Ikaria, Greece, strong, sweet wine, family, and a Mediterranean diet all play a role in longer life. A long, healthy life begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. If you adopt the right lifestyle, experts say, chances are you may live up to a decade longer. People live longer and healthier by embracing a few simple but powerful habits, and by creating the right community around themselves.In the societies he visits, it's no coincidence that the way people interact with each other, shed stress, nourish their bodies, and view their world yields more good years of life. By observing their lifestyles, Buettner's teams have identified critical everyday choices that correspond with the latest longevity research--and distilled them into a few simple but powerful habits that anyone can embrace"--Provided by publisher.

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