Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer

<b>The creator of National Geographic's popular Blue Zones--now a documentary on Netflix--brings readers a beautifully illustrated and informative guide to the places on Earth where people live the longest--including lessons learned top longevity foods and the behaviors to help you live to 100--plus a surprising new blue zone.</b> <p/>National Geographic Explorer and best-selling author Dan Buettner has traveled the globe to uncover the best strategies for longevity which he found in the blue zones: places around the world where higher percentages of people enjoy remarkably long full lives. <p/>In <i>The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer </i>Buettner returns to Sardinia Italy; Ikaria Greece; Okinawa Japan; Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula; and Loma Linda California to check in on the super-agers living in the blue zones and interprets the not-so-secret sauce of purpose faith community down-time natural movement and plant-based eating that has powered as many as 10 additional years of healthy living in these regions. And Buettner reveals an all-new blue zone--the first man-made blue zone yet explored. <p/>Throughout his two decades of research Buettner has worked with some of National Geographic's top photographers--including David McLain and Gianluca Cola--to document the healthy habits of the world's longest living communities. In this informative collection their work punctuates Buettner's lively text offering a beautiful tour of the blue zones.