The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World S Healthiest People

Publisher Marketing: Dan Buettner, the "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Blue Zones," lays out a proven plan to maximize your health based on the practices of the world s healthiest people. For the first time, Buettner reveals how to transform your health using smart eating and lifestyle habits gleaned from new research on the diets, eating habits, and lifestyle practices of the communities he s identified as Blue Zones those places with the world s longest-lived, and thus healthiest, people. With this book s audacious belief that the lifestyles of the world s Blue Zones could be adapted and replicated in towns across North America, you ll be inspired by the specific stories of the people, foods, and routines of our healthy elders; understand the role community, family, and naturally healthy habits can play to improve our diet and health; and learn the exact foods including the fifty superfoods of longevity and dozens of recipes adapted for Western tastes and markets that offer delicious ways to eat your way to optimum health. Filled with moving personal stories, delicious recipes, checklists, and useful tips that will transform any home into a miniature blue zone, "The Blue Zones Solution" is the ultimate blueprint for a healthy, happy life." Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/15/2014 (EAN 9781426211928, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Library Journal 04/01/2015 pg. 110 (EAN 9781426211928, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Buettner, Dan Dan Buettner is the founder of Blue Zones, an organization that helps Americans live longer, healthier lives. His groundbreaking work on longevity led to his 2005 "National Geographic" cover story Secrets of Living Longer and two national bestsellers, "The Blue Zones" and "Thrive". He lives in Minneapolis. Contributor Bio:  Barrett, Joe Joe Barrett has been a working stage, screen, and recording booth actor since 1974 and an award-winning and eight-time Audie Award nominated audiobook narrator since 1999. He also practiced law for five years--but don t hold that against him. Joe is married to actress Andrea Wright, and together they have four very grown children.