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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.

Rating : - the Blue Zones
I am Vegetarian (age 75), as is one of my daughters (age 48), and the other (age 45) is Vegan. We firmly believe our life style supports our good health and sense of well-being. We are all three busy professionals and active ameteur athletes. "The Blue Zones" is not only supportive of a primarily-plant diet and consistent exercise, but it is a good read, accurate without being too technical. I thoroughly enjoyed it and use it as a reference, I have told friends about it, loaned my copy and bought more copies as gifts. It is especially heartening to know that we can, indeed, create our own Blue Zone right at home--but it was hard not to jump forward to that chapter!