Summary of Dan Buettner's The Blue Zones

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Sample Book Insights:

#1 The premise of The Blue Zones is that if you can figure out how to optimize your lifestyle, you may gain back a decade of good life that you’d otherwise miss. To do so, emulate the practices found in each of the Blue Zones.

#2 The nine lessons from the Blue Zones are: live a healthy lifestyle, avoid smoking, get regular exercise, eat a diet high in nutrients, socialize, work until you are fulfilled, stop worrying about the future, and change your lifestyle to add years to your life.

#3 We start out as children, and we gradually accrue various changes in our characteristics. Children are susceptible to the environment and must be protected. In the case of humans, we probably peak in our mid-20s. We hold our own for a while, then at some point, we begin to decline.

#4 Aging is a period when the balance favors the environment. It is the loss of autonomy, the inability to withstand external pressures and perturbations. It includes both the positive and negative changes that occur.