The Blue Zones Challenge

In this companion to the number one New York Times bestseller The Blue Zones Kitchen, Dan Buettner offers a four-week guide and year-long sustainability program to jump-start your journey to better health, happiness, less stress, and a longer life.

Get started on the path to a longer, healthier, happier life with this quick start to building your own Blue Zones lifestyle. Dan Buettner, founder of the Blue Zones and author of the New York Times number one best-selling The Blue Zones Kitchen, offers the challenge of a lifetime: Build a foundation for better nutrition, more exercise, and a stronger social life that will extend your lifetime by years.

In this easy-to-implement guide, you'll start with the rules of the Blue Zones Challenge, including tips and tricks from the five Blue Zones—locations around the world where people consistently live to 100—advice for setting up a successful kitchen and pantry, and resources for expanding your support network. Then, follow week-by-week prompts to:

• Change your diet
• Increase your activity
• Update your living spaces
• Build your social life.

After four weeks—and with the help of easy-to-use worksheets and recipes—you'll see results in your weight, your well-being, and your general health. From there, follow the Blue Zones challenge through the rest of the year with an 11-month sustainability calendar that will continue to encourage you and build upon the foundation you've already started.

What you'll find is living to 100 is easy—it just takes following the Blue Zones way!