Kitchen Setup for Health and Nutrition

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Research indicates that families who eat together have better nutrition, consuming fewer sodas and calories. The Blue Zone approach emphasizes the importance of the kitchen setup, suggesting removing the toaster can lead to weighing three to four pounds less over two years. Placing a fruit bowl in plain sight encourages healthier snacking, while organizing the kitchen can influence the amount of food consumed daily. By making strategic changes in the home environment, such as in the kitchen, significant improvements in weight management and physical activity can be achieved over time.

Most of us would count ourselves lucky to live to age 80. And yet, there are places on Earth where people regularly live to 100, suffer virtually no chronic disease, and live life with a sense of purpose.

These "Blue Zones" are the focus of Dan Buettner's work. He's a National Geographic explorer, an author, and a documentarian. He spent years traveling and studying the Blue Zones to understand why these 5 places on Earth produce some of the happiest, and longest-lived, people in the world.

Dan and I discuss why happiness is the key to longevity, creating Blue Zones in our own lives, and how a longer life can begin with simply rearranging your kitchen.

This...is A Bit of Optimism.

For more on Dan Buettner and his work, check out:

his Netflix documentary Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones

or bluezones.com

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