“If you want to live to a healthy 100, eat like healthy people who’ve lived to 100.” — Dan Buettner, founder of Blue Zones
Buettner has spent the last 15 years studying the healthiest and longest-lived people in the world. He’s traveled extensively to the blue zones of Ikaria, Greeca; Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Loma Linda, California; and Nicoya Costa Rica, observing and interviewing countless centenarians (and supercentenarians!) in search of the magic formula for longevity.
Buettner and his team of researchers discovered 9 common denominators among the longest-lived people in these blue zones, ranging from their level of physical activity and social connection, to their sense of belonging and purpose.
These 9 factors combine to be the special sauce of longevity but “food is the entrance ramp for better living,” according to Buettner.
That’s why he devoted his most recent book, The Blue Zones Kitchen, to the food guidelines and recipes of the blue zones. In the book, he distills his research to reveal 11 common eating habits among the longest-lived people in the world.
