The Blue Zones Lessons for Living Longer From the People Whove Lived the Longest
The Blue Zones Lessons for Living Longer From the People Whove Lived the Longest
A New York Times Bestseller!
With the right lifestyle, experts say, chances are that you may live up to a decade longer. What’s the prescription for success? 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. And in this dynamic book 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 colossal research effort, funded in part by the National Institute on Aging, has taken him from Costa Rica to Italy to Japan and beyond. 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. You’ll meet a 94-year-old farmer and self-confessed “ladies man” in Costa Rica, an 102-year-old grandmother in Okinawa, a 102-year-old Sardinian who hikes at least six miles a day, and others. By observing their lifestyles, Buettner’s teams have identified critical everyday choices that correspond with the cutting edge of longevity research—and distilled them into a few simple but powerful habits that anyone can embrace.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Practical information
The research was interesting; more intro than you really need, however. The strong point is the conclusions and advice area. The suggestions are applicable to ordinary people who still have daily lives with other claims on their time and can not focus only on what they are going to eat. Good ideas that you could start to use now!
5 Stars Fascinating stuff!
This book was really an eye-opener! It has inspired me to change some of my not-so-healthy habits. This is the only body I’ve got, and now that I’ve reached middle age, I realize I need to work some more on the upkeep!
Highly recommended for anyone who cares about health and longevity.
4 Stars Expanding and Creating Blue Zones
Here in the U.S. centenarians are the fastest growing age group. At the Dept of Aging UNC Chapel Hill the physicians address all the hazards people need to avoid to keep healthy and active in their age group, many mentioned in the book such as community, having fun, attitude and also diet and wellness. Health is wealth.
The natural life span is stated in the Vedas of India to be about 125 years per individual. A man close to Queen Victoria, her yogist, lived to be 145 years of age it is reported. As someone here mentioned of course, dating of birth years is now more precise and documented. However I think 145 years would be a possibility for a well lived lifetime.
It’s necessary to bring all the ideas home (even from the internet) and make them work in one’s kitchen and lifestyle. I start every season with a renewal of my “vows” for a more natural home and life, especially in the kitchen. Just looking at one’s trash and one’s refrigerator and food stores says a lot about us!!! If your trash bag is full of packaged food boxes, cans and containers for “fast” food meals, you might not be on track!!! Every season is a great time to renew one’s physiology and unwind the DNA we were given (blessed with) at birth. To keep the DNA young, some light diet days 3 or 4 times a year might be good. That would be eliminating heavy toxic foods and eating more light foods like veggies and fruit and some well cooked rice along with fresh juices.
The book gets us back to basics like diet, rather than a lot of supplementation, although most of us have our favorite herbs, pills, prescriptions that we enjoy and feel they assist us in our journey in life. I certainly don’t go against my doctor’s recommendations, but I always like to have my anchor in life be the tried and true ways of living and eating that engender longevity.
Now that we have the internet its easy to get herbs and all kinds of products from all over the world. I just got a delivery of some of India’s best herbal products from the Mohan estate outside Dehli. All processed and grown organically. And for the world health at large, it seems getting back to basics will aide the environment too.
N.G. has done a great job again with this book’s theme.
5 Stars The Blue Zones
I first learned about this book when Martha Stewart had Dan Buettner on her morning show. I was preparing to lead a study at my church called “Living Fully, Dying Well” and thought that this would be a good resource to include with a study on aging. It proved to be a very fascinating, well-researched book on the four areas of the world where centenarians thrive; and it gives helpful advice for all of us who would like to live life to its fullest potential.
5 Stars The Blue Zones
This is a great book. The author held my attention throughout the entire book. Not only did Mr. Buettner find the Blue Zones, he also brought them home to all of us. The stories will captivate your imagination and surely inspire you to a life of better health. This is a must read for any one searching for the tools to a healthy long life.
