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. 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. In The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer 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. 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.
