REV On Air: Live To 100 – Secrets of the Blue Zones with Dan Buettner
Cora Hilts travelled to Miami to interview the incredible Dan Buettner in front of a live audience at the 1 Hotel South Beach. Cora and Dan discussed his work with Blue Zones, the places on earth where people are living healthy and happy lives up to 100 and beyond. We are thrilled to be able to share this intimate conversation and all of Dan’s tips for living a long life – the ease of which many people are doing so may surprise you!
About Dan Buettner and Blue Zones Living
Dan Buettner is an internationally recognized researcher, explorer, Netflix Host & Co-producer of the 3x Emmy Award winning: Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones and New York Times best-selling author. He founded Blue Zones®, a company that puts the world’s best practices in longevity and well-being to work in people’s lives. Buettner’s November 2005 National Geographic article on longevity, “The Secrets of Living Longer,” was the cover story of one of the magazine’s top-selling issues in history.
“What does a 100 year old eat to live to 100? about 90% of all the calories they put in their mouth is whole, plant based food. The pillars of every longevity diet in the world? Whole grains, corn and rice, greens and garden vegetables, tubers like sweet potatoes, nuts are the snack, and then the number one protein source is beans. About a cup of beans a day is associated with about 4 extra years of life expectancy.”
– Dan Buettner
“Don’t try to change your behavior if you really want to live longer, because you will fail. Things that really work to make us live longer, and be happier by the way, are a function of our surroundings…how we set up our homes, how we set up our social lives, how we set up our communities and our neighborhoods.”
– Dan Buettner
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