Cover image for The Blue Zones solution : eating and living like the world's healthiest people
Title:
The Blue Zones solution : eating and living like the world's healthiest people
Author:
Buettner, Dan.
ISBN:
9781426211928
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
319 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Discovering the Blue Zones solution -- Discovering the Blue Zones. The secrets of a Mediterranean diet: Ikaria, Greece ; A diet from the world's longest-lived women: Okinawa, Japan ; A diet from the world's longest-lived men: Sardinia, Italy ; An American Blue Zones diet: Loma Linda, California ; History's best longevity diet: Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica -- Making an American Blue Zone. Finland's miracle makeover ; The Minnesota Experiment ; Thriving in the beach cities ; Blue Zoning the Pork State -- Building your own Blue Zone. Food rituals: How to eat to 100 ; Blue Zones menus: Meals and snacks ; Blue Zones living: A design for easy health -- Blue Zones recipes. 77 easy, delicious recipes -- The science behind the Blue Zones solution.
Abstract:
Dan Buettner's The Blue Zones (2008) identified the healthiest, longest-living societies on the planet. In this follow-up, he outlines methods for replicating their healthy lifestyles.