The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer: Lessons from the Healthiest Places on Earth is not only a tool for someone who wants to live longer. It’s a guide for someone who wants to live better… today. This book is a guide for your future that, if you’re ready, starts today.The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer: Lessons from the Healthiest Places on Earth starts by dispelling many common assumptions about what it means to be healthy (i.e., fad diets; join a gym; take your supplements) and explains (with evidence) why those are misguided and/or wrong.The book then quickly jumps into the lessons from the healthiest places on earth. The lessons are many and varied and told with ease. Often the lessons come in story-form, making them entertaining to read and easy to understand. Some lessons are intuitive and common sense but others are more subtle, less obvious, but still important to incorporate into everyday life. Each and every lesson is accompanied by stunning pictures taken by a National Geographic photographer.There’s a lot to unpack in here but let’s be clear: This isn’t one man’s opinion. This is reporting at the highest level with facts verified and conclusions quantified with the help of many, many experts (doctors, epidemiologists, anthropologists, etc.)In my opinion, The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer: Lessons from the Healthiest Places on Earth is really evidence-based wisdom.The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer: Lessons from the Healthiest Places on Earth is neatly arranged into two sections. Section One (pages 1-207) is about how the people in the different Blue Zones out there (Sardinia, Nicoya, Loma Linda, Ikaria, Okinawa, Singapore) live. Yes, there is plenty of overlap in how they approach life but there’s also a lot of differences that are unique to each culture. What’s nice about learning about the different cultures is that it’s clear there’s more than one path to living to 100. Once you know what works in the different Blue Zones out there, you will know what habits and patterns and environments might work for your family.Section Two (pages 208-274) is a how-to manual with clear instructions on how to implement sustainable changes to your environment, diet, social circle, lifestyle, etc. These are not quick fixes. Section Two is titled “Building Your Blue Zone” and points you toward steps you can take for your own life (i.e. Move naturally; live with purpose, the plant slant; etc.) to help you live better and longer.I can honestly say The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer: Lessons from the Healthiest Places on Earth has changed life for my family of four - our environment, our daily routine, our diet, our friend circle. While I’m optimistic these lessons are adding years to all of our lives, it’s also making sure the years we have better.