Staying Alive: Part 1
9 Habits for Living A Longer, Healthier Life
Taught byDan BuettnerAbout this Course
There are five pockets in the world where the population lives decades longer than average. And not only are they living longer, they’re living better – more active, greater vitality, and more engaged late into life. Dan Buettner, National Geographic explorer and author of The Blue Zones Solution has unlocked the secrets of these “Blue Zones” and wants to share them with you.
In this course, Dan shares the nine principles for living the Blue Zones way and gives you specific, simple strategies to help you put them into practice. Living the Blue Zones way can reduce your risk of disease, increase your vitality, help you live longer, even look younger, and this course can show you how.
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In these lessons, Dan takes you on a virtual tour of each of the 5 Blue Zones. He then explores the Power 9 - the 9 behaviors consistent across all five Blue Zones that promote longevity.
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Dan Buettner is the New York Times best-selling author of The Blue Zones and The Blue Zones Solution. He is a National Geographic Fellow and a passionate researcher of longevity.
In his travels, he has spent time with the world’s longest-lived peoples, unlocking and distilling their secrets into a plan for living a longer, healthier life.
His organization works directly with communities to help them implement changes to improve public health and well-being. They’ve set up Blue Zones projects in cities throughout the United States, and they’ve seen tremendous results.
Dan has appeared as a longevity expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, The Today Show, ABC World News, CBS’s The Early Show and CNN.