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Dan Buettner

Dan Buettner is a National Geographic Fellow and the author of multiple New York Times bestselling books, including The Blue Zones, Thrive, and The Blue Zones Kitchen. He has discovered the five places in the world—dubbed Blue Zones—where people live the longest, and are healthiest. Buettner works in partnership with Sharecare, municipal governments, and insurance companies to implement the program in more than 50 cities in North America, and has dramatically improved the health of millions of Americans. His work has been highlighted on The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America, Dr. Oz, NPR, and Oprah. Find him on Instagram and LinkedIn.

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man planting seedlings in a garden

5 Blue Zones Hacks to Promote a Longer, Healthier Life

Editor’s Note: For more than 15 years, journalist and National Geographic Fellow Dan Buettner has studied what he dubbed the world’s blue…

man planting seedlings in a garden

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Blue Zones Diet Okinawa Excerpt 1

Dispatch from Okinawa: What the World’s Longest-Lived Women Eat

Editor’s Note: Dan Buettner’s new book, The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100, presents favorite dishes from the world’s…

Blue Zones Diet Okinawa Excerpt 1

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sweet potato bites

Sweet Potato Bites

Sweet potatoes accounted for 60 percent of the Okinawan diet until about 1950. This slightly sweetened preparation is delicious and can serve…

sweet potato bites

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Mango and Black Bean Tacos

The cornerstone of every Blue Zones diet in the world? Beans. There are at least 70 varieties of beans to choose from…

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