Summary of Dan Buettner's The Blue Zones

Everest Media

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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.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Diététique
• diététique
• Nutrition

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 08 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669351238
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Dan Buettner's The Blue Zones
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Insights from Chapter 1

#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.

#5

The average person today has a reasonable chance of living to their late 70s or early 80s. However, major risk factors such as heart disease, cancer, and stroke can shorten that initial life expectancy by 5 to 10 years.

#6

The best way to think about reaching 100 is to consider it a matter of picking all the lottery balls. The older you get, the healthier you’ve been.

#7

There are a lot of health claims out there, and none of them have been rigorously tested. Every time someone has studied them with any degree of rigor, they don’t pan out. That doesn't mean that some new discovery may not be just over the horizon, but at the moment that is probably not the path.

#8

The hormones DHEA, human growth hormone, and melatonin are all questionable, and are probably ill-advised. They may bulk you up, but they can also cause hypertrophy of the heart, fluid retention, and other problems.

#9

The most important thing is to maintain your basic daily vitamin requirements. But you shouldn’t get carried away with multivitamins. They are not necessary for most people, and they can be expensive.

#10

The best diet is one of moderation. You should eat a reasonable diet that is based on plants and vegetables, but don’t be a vegetarian. You should eat good cuts of fairly lean meat every day for two meals.

#11

The second thing I would tell you is not to take up smoking. The biggest threat to improving your lifestyle has been cigarette smoking. Once you’re a nonsmoker, I would try to get you to develop a moderate lifestyle in regard to your weight to build into your daily routine enough exercise to keep you going.

#12

Exercise has several distinct functions. It increases your body’s capacity to process oxygen, but it also increases bone metabolism.

#13

There are several exercises that have been shown to reduce the risk of falls. These include tai chi, yoga, and weight lifting. However, these exercises may take a toll on your joints.

#14

There are two questions when it comes to aging: how long can you live. and how well can you live. Those are different questions. Living an extra two years on life support may not be your goal, but can you delay the onset of disability.

#15

The most preventable causes of death and disease in the United States are caused by smoking tobacco. It is also a good start to add more good years to your life by getting rid of the anti-aging quackery.

#16

The Blue Zones project, which was conducted over a seven-year period, studied the lifestyles of four different populations that lived in different parts of the world and had discovered that many of their common habits and practices were what kept them healthy and youthful.
Insights from Chapter 2