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Dan Buettner
Dan Buettner (born June 18, 1960) is an American writer, cookbook author, longevity researcher and public speaker, best known for his research on the Blue Zones. He co-produced and hosted the three-time Emmy Award winning Netflix series Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones (2023), holds three Guinness records for distance cycling, is the founder of Blue Zones, LLC, and is a National Geographic Fellow.
Buettner is a promoter of predominantly plant-based diets, and has authored numerous books on the subject. He has described his own diet as "98% plant-based".
Buettner was born on June 18, 1960, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Buettner graduated with a BA in Spanish and Literature from the University of St. Thomas in 1983.
Soon thereafter he went to work for The Washington Post columnist Remar Sutton. Later he took a job with National Public Radio in Washington, D.C., to recruit celebrity participation in a fund-raising croquet tournament with journalist George Plimpton of Paris Review.
In 1986, Buettner launched the first of several Guinness World Records for transcontinental cycling. "Americastrek" traversed 15,536 miles (25,003 km), from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina; the 1990 "Sovietrek", during which Dan was joined by his brother Steve, followed the 45th parallel around the world and covered 12,888 miles (20,741 km), as Buettner recounted the trip in his book Sovietrek. In 1992, in "Africatrek", the Buettner brothers team-cycled from Bizerte, Tunisia, to Cape Agulhas, South Africa, with cyclist Dr. Chip Thomas, covering 11,885 miles (19,127 km) over eight months.
Buettner approached National Geographic Magazine with the idea to research supposed longevity hotspots, and was given support to move forward. In 2003, Buettner began leading trips to Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Monterrey, Nuevo Leon; and then Loma Linda, California. Buettner reported on these communities in his cover story for the National Geographic November 2005 edition, "Secrets of Long Life."
In 2006, Buettner collaborated with Michel Poulain and Costa Rican demographer Dr. Luis Rosero-Bixby, to identify a fourth possible longevity hotspot in the Nicoya Peninsula. In 2008, again working with Poulain, he proposed a fifth longevity location on the Greek Island of Ikaria. In April 2008, Buettner released a book on his findings, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest, through National Geographic Books.
In April 2015, Buettner published The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People, which listed various places with assumed longevity. It became a New York Times Best Seller.
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Dan Buettner
Dan Buettner (born June 18, 1960) is an American writer, cookbook author, longevity researcher and public speaker, best known for his research on the Blue Zones. He co-produced and hosted the three-time Emmy Award winning Netflix series Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones (2023), holds three Guinness records for distance cycling, is the founder of Blue Zones, LLC, and is a National Geographic Fellow.
Buettner is a promoter of predominantly plant-based diets, and has authored numerous books on the subject. He has described his own diet as "98% plant-based".
Buettner was born on June 18, 1960, in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Buettner graduated with a BA in Spanish and Literature from the University of St. Thomas in 1983.
Soon thereafter he went to work for The Washington Post columnist Remar Sutton. Later he took a job with National Public Radio in Washington, D.C., to recruit celebrity participation in a fund-raising croquet tournament with journalist George Plimpton of Paris Review.
In 1986, Buettner launched the first of several Guinness World Records for transcontinental cycling. "Americastrek" traversed 15,536 miles (25,003 km), from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina; the 1990 "Sovietrek", during which Dan was joined by his brother Steve, followed the 45th parallel around the world and covered 12,888 miles (20,741 km), as Buettner recounted the trip in his book Sovietrek. In 1992, in "Africatrek", the Buettner brothers team-cycled from Bizerte, Tunisia, to Cape Agulhas, South Africa, with cyclist Dr. Chip Thomas, covering 11,885 miles (19,127 km) over eight months.
Buettner approached National Geographic Magazine with the idea to research supposed longevity hotspots, and was given support to move forward. In 2003, Buettner began leading trips to Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Monterrey, Nuevo Leon; and then Loma Linda, California. Buettner reported on these communities in his cover story for the National Geographic November 2005 edition, "Secrets of Long Life."
In 2006, Buettner collaborated with Michel Poulain and Costa Rican demographer Dr. Luis Rosero-Bixby, to identify a fourth possible longevity hotspot in the Nicoya Peninsula. In 2008, again working with Poulain, he proposed a fifth longevity location on the Greek Island of Ikaria. In April 2008, Buettner released a book on his findings, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest, through National Geographic Books.
In April 2015, Buettner published The Blue Zones Solution: Eating and Living Like the World's Healthiest People, which listed various places with assumed longevity. It became a New York Times Best Seller.
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