Dan Buettner

The Explorer Creator of the Blue Zones and International Expert on Longevity and Happiness

"There is no pill for longevity or a fountain of youth. The Danish Twin Study established that only about 20% of how long the average person lives is dictated by our genes, the other 80% is dictated by our lifestyle and environment."

Dan Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic fellow, award-winning journalist and producer, Netflix host, and The New York Times bestselling author. He discovered the five places in the world —dubbed Blue Zones hotspots— where people live the longest, healthiest lives. His articles about these places in The New York Times magazine and National Geographic are two of the most popular for both publications.

Buettner now works in partnership with municipal governments, large employers, and health insurance companies to implement Blue Zones Projects in communities, workplaces, and universities. Blue Zones Projects are well-being initiatives that apply lessons from the Blue Zones to entire communities. The program has dramatically improved the health of more than 5 million Americans to date.

Dan is the author of 7 books. In his new book The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer: Lessons From the Healthiest Places on Earth, Buettner returns to Sardinia, Italy; Ikaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan; Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula; and Loma Linda, California to check in on the super-agers living in the blue zones and interprets the not-so-secret sauce of purpose, faith, community, down-time, natural movement, and plant-based eating that has powered as many as 10 additional years of healthy living in these regions. And Buettner reveals an all-new Blue Zone —the first man-made Blue Zone yet explored—.