The Blue Zones challenge a 4-week plan for a longer, better life

"In this companion to ... The Blue Zones Kitchen, Dan Buettner offers a four-week guide and year-long sustainability program to jump-start your journey to better health, happiness, less stress, and a longer life. Get started on the path to a longer, healthier, happier life with this quick start...

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Main Author: Buettner, Dan (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2021]
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Summary: "In this companion to ... The Blue Zones Kitchen, Dan Buettner offers a four-week guide and year-long sustainability program to jump-start your journey to better health, happiness, less stress, and a longer life. Get started on the path to a longer, healthier, happier life with this quick start to building your own Blue Zones lifestyle. Dan Buettner, founder of the Blue Zones and author of ... Blue Zones Kitchen, offers the challenge of a lifetime: Build a foundation for better nutrition, more exercise, and a stronger social life that will extend your lifetime by years. In this easy-to-implement guide, you'll start with the rules of the Blue Zones Challenge, including tips and tricks from the five Blue Zones -- locations around the world where people consistently live to 100 -- advice for setting up a successful kitchen and pantry, and resources for expanding you support network. Then, follow week-by-week prompts to : Change your diet ; Increase your activity ; Update your living spaces ; Build your social life. After four weeks -- and with the help of easy-to-use worksheets and recipes -- you'll see results in your weight, your well-being, and your general health. From there, follow the Blue Zones challenge through the rest of the year with an 11-month sustainability calendar that will continue to encourage you and build upon the foundation you've already started. What you'll find is living to 100 is easy -- it just takes following the Blue Zones way!"--
Item Description: "A lifestyle design inspired by the world's longest-lived people"--Cover
Physical Description: 253 pages : charts ; 20 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-252).
ISBN: 9781426221941
1426221940
Author Notes: Dan Buettner is the founder of Blue Zones, an organization that helps Americans live longer, healthier, happier lives. His groundbreaking work on longevity led to his 2005 National Geographic cover story "The Secrets of Long Life" and four national bestsellers: The Blue Zones, Thrive, The Blue Zones Solution, and The Blue Zones Kitchen. He is also the author of The Blue Zones of Happiness. He lives in Miami, Florida. Find him on Instagram (@danbuettner) and at danbuettner.com.