Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’Ve Lived the Longest”

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“When you get into your 60s and above, you want to think about exercise differently. It’s not just about, you know, cardiovascular or lifting weights. It’s also about avoiding accidents.” - Dan Buettner, author of “The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest”

Beyond expectations

Blue Zones co-founder Dan Buettner returns to Southwest Florida for talk, walk and tastings

Dan Buettner, author of “Blue Zones,” will talk about living a longer, healthier, happier life at 6 p.m. Monday at FGCU’s Alico Arena. KINFAY MOROTI/NEWS-PRESS.COM

Craig Handel approved restaurants. Fort Myers News-Press There also is an optional walk around USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA If you go FGCU’s campus. After all, April 16 is Na- What: National Walk- tional Walking Day. When Blue Zones co-founder and ing Day; visit by Blue “It’s far exceeded expectations,” best-selling author Dan Buettner visits Zones founder Dan Buettner said of the buy-in by Naples’ Southwest Florida next week, he’ll be Buettner leaders and citizens. “This is a whole ex- encouraged by what Collier and south perience. Lee leaders and citizens have accom- Where: Alico Arena. “I’ve cycled around the world, and 1 plished in the past 2 ⁄2 years. When: Monday, April those bike rides are epic. But the explo- Buettner will share worldly tales on 16, 6 p.m. ration of the future, to add to our body of how to live a longer, healthier, happier knowledge on bettering the human con- life at 6 p.m. Monday, April 16, at FGCU’s Notable: To RSVP, visit dition, that’s what’s memorable. Then Alico Arena. The free event will include wellbeingSWFL.event- to see it put into work in America, it’s a plant-based food tastings from Chart- brite.com triumph of a career for me.” wells catering, Blue Zones Project T- There now are 26 cities around the shirts, drawings for copies of Buettner’s book and prizes to Blue Zones Project- See BUETTNER, Page 8D

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Liz Freeman(c) Naples Daily News ton Naples, 5111 U.S. 41 N., has been NaplesApril Daily 12, News 2018 9:27 am (GMT +4:00) named a Blue Zones-approved restau- Powered by TECNAVIA USA TODAY NETWORK – FLORIDA rant. Shula’s added several plant-based dishes to its menu for adults and chil- Shula’s Steak House and Avow Hos- dren, uses locally sourced produce pice are the latest companies to join the when available and allows diners to split ranks of the Blue Zones Project of plates at no extra charge to encourage Southwest Florida. healthier portions. Avow Hospice also has gained recog- “Shula’s wants to empower our team nition as an employer that is proactive members to live the best lives, not just with the health and wellness initiative. Avow Hospice celebrates becoming a workplace that promotes the Blue Zones The steak house, located in the Hil- See BLUE ZONES, Page 11D Project health and wellness initiative. SHARECARE INC. Naples Daily News - 04/12/2018 Copy Reduced to 77% from original to fit letter page Page : D08

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U.S. who have signed up for Buettner’s class. In 2005, his National Geographic cover story “Secrets of Living Longer” was the magazine’s top-selling issue. He also has three national best-sellers on Blue Zones, which are areas of the world where people live the longest. Those include Okinawa, Japan; Ikaria, Greece; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Sardinia, It- aly; and Loma Linda, California. Further research by Buettner and his staff led to nine principles on why people live longer. Those include: ❚ Move naturally. ❚ Make vegetables and fruits the fo- cus of your diet. ❚ Eat until you’re 80 percent full. ❚ Down shift to create less stress in your life. ❚ Put family first. ❚ Belong to a faith-based communi- ty. ❚ Know your sense of purpose. ❚ Surround yourself with friends who have like-minded ideas on health. ❚ Have a glass of wine — or two — while chatting with friends. In Naples, 26 work sites, 19 restaurants, 14 schools, 14 country clubs, eight Dan Buettner has three national best-sellers on Blue Zones, which are areas of the world where people live the longest. churches and a total of 147 entities have KINFAY MOROTI/NEWS-PRESS.COM been Blue Zones certified. “The number of people interested in Blue Zones has grown exponentially,” ter melon. In 1963, Okinawa got the first fast- which has one-10th of the dementia is- Buettner said. “It goes from Fort Worth “The plate looked like a compost pile. food outlet in Japan. It still has more sues that the U.S. has. “It’s no more of a (Texas) to Hawaii, Oregon and Wiscon- But it had five times the nutrients as a fast-food outlets per head than any- fact of a plant-based diet and every time sin. We’re all learning and coming to- burger and five times the volume. Calor- where else in the country. you go to a friend’s, you’re nudged into gether to share best practices and cele- ically cheap and nutrient dense. The “Okinawan Crisis” is this: Young physical activity every 20 minutes.” brate good health. “It was such a rush.” people abandon fish and soy products Buettner also noted that marketing “I also want to visit (President and Then Buettner saw the other side in for meat and fast food. has focused more on health care than CEO of the NCH Healthcare System) Dr. Okinawa. Obesity. “Okinawans now are some of the nutrition. (Allen) Weiss because he’s been such a In the Okinawan islands, in Japan’s most obese,” Buettner said. “It’s the What also encouraged him in his new great collaborative partner.” extreme southwest, they have more scourages of the West — freeways, junk research on the happiest places to live is 1 than 2 ⁄2 times the national average of food and the standard American diet.” that 80 percent of the happiest lived the Challenge of sustainability people over 100 years old and an ex- He compared it to opioids. longest. A person who feels better traordinary number of people who en- “You eat that burger and it feels good smiles more? Makes sense, right. Even a Blue Zone isn’t immune to so- joy excellent health well into their 80s. and it tastes good and you actually get “There’s a correlation,” he said. “We ciety’s vices. But the next generation is the fattest an endorphin rush,” he said. “It’s like know people who eat five to six servings On a recent trip, Buettner, who’s also in Japan and prone to a range of obesity- Percocet. It’s good in the short run but of vegetables a day are happier. Having a National Geographic Fellow, went to related illnesses that could kill them in not good in the medium and it’ll kill you a good, healthy social network helps Okinawa, Japan, for a magazine piece. middle age. in the long term.” happiness. “We gathered recipes from the Buettner said much of this is blamed In correlating fast food and lack of ex- “And so does recreation and physical 1970s,” Buettner said. “Stir frys. Home- on Okinawans literally getting a taste of ercise with mental and behavioral activity. You really do become the com- made tofu, julienne carrots, daikon, bit- Western culture. health issues, Buettner points to Greece, pany you keep.”

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