Plant-Powered People Podcast 85. Blue Zones & How to Add 10 Years to Your Life with Dan Buettner
Dec 1, 2022
49:50
Dan Buettner is an award-winning journalist and producer at National Geographic who has spent most of his life identifying and studying “blue zones” - the 5 areas of the world where people live the longest, with the lowest disease rates. Today he’s telling us all about how a plant-based diet ties into their health and longevity.
Show Notes:
- Dan’s unique stories from his many quests and expeditions with National Geographic
- Dan’s experience with archeological expeditions
- What is a blue zone?
- How Dan discovered the 5 blue zones and why they got the name “blue zones”
- The characteristics the people in blue zones
- Carbohydrates: the confusion and why you shouldn’t be afraid of them
- The difference between good and bad carbohydrates
- How the Standard American Diet came to be
- How the Standard American Diet ended up including so much added sugar
- Why it can be so difficult to make diet changes even when we know something is bad for us
- The role our environment and community play in our health
- Blue zone-like habits that you can incorporate into your life without travelling anywhere
- Why Dan transitioned into a plant-based lifestyle as a result of studying blue zones
- How to make it easier for others to make more plant-based diet choices
- The importance of surrounding yourself with people that inspire your health goals
- Some simple guidelines for adopting a healthier, plant-based lifestyle
- A little challenge for you to start incorporating healthy, delicious recipes into your life long-term
- Evidence-based tips to get young, picky eaters to eat vegetables
- Healthy cultural ways of eating that we should take note of
- About Dan’s new book
- Thank you to our sponsors Caraway Home and Yai’s Thai (use code PLANTPOWER at checkout for 20% off at yaisthai.com)
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