The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who'Ve Lived the Longest

A very informative read. Lessons, ideas & strategies on living a long and healthy life, often backed by valid research. This book would be an ideal read for anyone interested in adopting healthy techniques into their daily routine. It would also be useful for any health care practitioners wanting to refresh their knowledge or update their ideas. An easy book to read.

An inspirational, informative and thought-provoking book on the lifestyles and diets of the world's longest living people - a book to read and continue to delve into.

This book is written by an American for Americans and although it's very interesting, it doesn't really tell you anything that you couldn't figure out yourself.... those who live longer, eat healthier, drink less alcohol, take exercise in moderation every day, live a more manual based old fashioned lifestyle than those surrounded by technology that does everything for us i.e. lazy western world. The people in the blue zones are also those people who live the most basic lifestyles and use very little equipment to things for them Th4 have more manual output on a daily basis. They are surrounded by family and friends and included in family life - not stuck away in homes for the elderly.Not really rocket science to most Europeans - but then again, Americans are a bit thick !

It should make the reader think twice

A really interesting read, one of my favourites. I've applied a lot of the ideas outlined in the book and really benefited from them. Highly recommend checking it out!

Good book but was expecting more from it. Nothing we didn’t really already know …

Good insight into different cultures and their healthy habits etc.

This book could change your life for the better with great lessons for those who know how to live long! It's also fun and well written!

My friend is still reading it. We watched the series on TV. The series is what motivated us to purchase it.

Boring. Useless.

Great and easy read. Loved it, and learned a lot !

Sehr interessantes Buch, das das Thema der Langlebigkeit behandelt. Der Autor hat mit anderen Wissenschaftern Regionen besucht, in denen es einen überdurchschnittlichen Anteil an 100jährigen Menschen gibt. Egal, ob Sardinien, eine japanische Insel oder in Costa Rica - überall wurden bestimmte Gemeinsamkeiten entdeckt: eine überwiegend pflanzliche Ernährung (oder sogar ausschließlich pflanzlich), viel körperliche Bewegung, enge Familienbande und eine tägliche Aufgabe waren die herausragenden Faktoren. Sehr interessant und empfehlenswert.

Interesting marginally repititive.